Partisans trust news sources sorted by ideology, with liberals trusting even comedy outlets

Evidence

In a 2014 Pew survey that asked Americans to name their “most trusted” news source, there was a predictable partisan split. Among self-identified conservatives, Fox News led with 44 percent. With liberals, it was network broadcast news at 24 percent and a more or less three-way tie for second place between public television, CNN, and … Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 153

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: that conservatives name Fox 44% but liberals trust comedy (Daily Show) near-par with CNN suggests asymmetric polarization in how the two camps define ‘news.’
• XREF: connects to: Ideologically aligned false news is remembered far more by partisans — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 83; Believing all media are biased pushes partisans toward their own echo chambers. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 179; Believing all media are biased pushes people toward sources biased in their favor. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 179

Broader Connections

• Believing all media are biased pushes people toward sources biased in their favor. #corroborates (0.80) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 179
• Ideologically aligned false news is remembered far more by partisans #corroborates (0.75) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 83
• Believing all media are biased pushes partisans toward their own echo chambers. #complicates (0.72) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 179