In an interview, Broockman said that the increasing influence of partisan media, such as Fox, CNN and MSNBC, raises concerns about the nation's political health. "Partisan media aren't just putting a thumb on the scale for their side," he said. If partisan media users would, in effect, switch sides for a period of time, research could assess the persuasive powers of such media. Had a Democrat been president, they wrote, they would have reversed the study, asking CNN viewers to switch to Fox. David Broockman et al, The manifold effects of partisan media on viewers' beliefs and attitudes: A field experiment with Fox News viewers (2022).

Source: CNN April 08, 2022 12:48 UTC