Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds
theintercept.com
Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza.

Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza, according to a new survey that examined the relationship between attitudes toward the war and news consumption habits.

The survey puts numbers on trends that have become increasingly apparent: Cable news viewers are more supportive of Israel’s war effort, less likely to think Israel is committing war crimes, and less interested in the war in general. People who get their news primarily from social media, YouTube, or podcasts, by contrast, generally side with the Palestinians, believe Israel is committing war crimes and genocide, and consider the issue of significant importance.

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  • livus@kbin.social
    693·
    7 months ago

    Presumably a big chunk of the cable news demographic are watching Fox, which notoriously has been proven to leave its viewers knowing less than people who don’t watch news at all.

      • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
        15·
        7 months ago

        Fox’s rhetoric is just the most obvious / laughable (assuming you have a brain)

        • macabrett[they/them]@lemmy.ml
          7·
          7 months ago

          Yeah, you’re right. I shouldn’t have assumed you were giving cover to the other networks. Sorry if I sounded hostile! Seems like we’re on the same page.

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
      241·
      7 months ago

      Yeah regular viewers of CNN, which runs every story about Palestine by the IDF first, are totally on the side of genocide is happening…

      • livus@kbin.social
        9·
        7 months ago

        Just to be clear I’m not trying to disagree with OP’s article.

        Let alone set up some kind of binary where CNN is somehow exempt. I was just making an observation about this demographic.

        I’m not American so I don’t see these channels but their online coverage is biased AF.

        In some of the threads about Tiktok I’ve been saying that I think the generational divide is more between boomers who watch TV news cycles versus people who get more varied sources of info online. Had to watch our free-to-air TV a couple of weeks ago and the news on the Gaza Genocide was ridiculously pro IDF.

        Tagging @macabrett who made a similar point to me.

    • Phegan@lemmy.world
      204·
      7 months ago

      This isn’t as much of a left / right issue as other things. Coverage of cable news across the entire political spectrum is running cover for the genocide.

      • billgamesh@lemmy.ml
        16·
        7 months ago

        democrat/republican issue…ftfy. Pretty sure the left is clear about what’s happening here

      • Alsephina@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        11·
        7 months ago

        Democrats and republicans are both right wing; cable news really only ranges from far right to centrist.

        There aren’t any leftists siding with genocide.