Is the Media Creating Division on COVID-19 Health Practices?

Most Americans continue to embrace practices to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Yet, a partisan gap in attitudes and self-reported behaviors has existed since March and is growing larger. A significant contributor to this widening gap seems to be Americans’ news media diet (determined by the top news sources people use) — lending support to the thesis that public health issues have become the newest extension of an ongoing culture war waged daily by partisan news outlets. CONT.

Robert Bird & Zacc Ritter, Gallup

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