- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
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.
Yeah regular viewers of CNN, which runs every story about Palestine by the IDF first, are totally on the side of genocide is happening…
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.