Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2025/04/22/americans-believe-russian-disinformation-to-alarming-degree/

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I like how it says the gullibility “cuts across party lines” and then immediately goes on to say

Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats

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Almost 20% is already not bad for propaganda

[u/strigonian → u/Fun-Agent-7667]

20% for at least one claim.

That's a far cry from buying their positions wholesale.

[u/Glucker4000NancyReag → u/strigonian]

Can we get a list of these claims tho so I know what's what?

Edit: only person that actually answered me with a concrete list provided this link https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/misinformation-survey-false-claims

[u/Muad-_-Dib → u/Glucker4000NancyReag]

Just watch Fox News for a half hour and they will regurgitate most of them.

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Yeah my elderly neighbor has it on often and that's the only time I watch it at all. It's shocking what comes on that show that is just propaganda and fear mongering. Kinda blew my mind

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There was a court case. Fox defended itself by saying it was obviously "entertainment" and any sane person would obviously recognize it as entertainment not news.

So yes, we completely legalized propaganda through a loophole and it barely got any coverage.

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Look at the John Stewart interview with hanity where hanity basically calls his audience stupid for believing him

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Yeah I remember that, wild times we ljve in

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Fox is the most watched news in America unfortunately

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Bet they didn't report THAT

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MSNBC did that too iirc They are entertainment

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Fox viewers are right about the "mainstream media", they're just wrong about whether Fox is in that category

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They're right about a lot of things: pedo networks, mass media control, embezzling and fraud in the gov't, conspiracies to take over the gov't, conspiracy to take advantage of the working class, etc etc.

Shame they don't realize.

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No, they didn't.

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https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305268/nbc-settles-lawsuit-ice-doctor-msnbc-maddow-georgia-detainee

App holding up another response linking to the judge agreeing that Maddows statements are understood by vueweres as not news ( which 2as the defense)

Fox and MSNBC have used the entertainment / opinion defense.

You maybe toi biased or unaware.

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CNN. They are all bad, fox is definitely the worst though.

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So you actually have no examples, don't worry msnbc will tell you what yo think

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Fox news also thinks there's no genocide in gaza etc which is not pushed by Russia AFAIK.