Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds
theintercept.com
Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza.

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.

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  • Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml
    30·
    2 months ago

    Only social media users said they’d be more likely to support a candidate who supported Palestinians (33-19 percent). Just 15 percent of cable news viewers said the same, even though 31 percent of cable viewers agreed that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians.

    Does this mean what I think it means? That roughly half of the cable news watchers who believe that Israel is commiting genocide literally do not care?

    • The_Jewish_Cuban [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      No necessarily half but that’s the logical result. theoretically there could be some weird group that doesn’t believe in genocide (part of the 69%) but would still support a pro Palestine candidate. Furthermore, as bad as the destruction of Palestine is many people only consider genocide to literally be the Holocaust and that style of commiting it. I could conceive of some pedants saying there isn’t a genocide but to stop the violence.

      Though, I unfortunately think you might be right.

      • Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml
        7·
        2 months ago

        In your scenario, if some of the people who think there is no genocide still supported a pro Palestinians candidate (likely that there are at least some), then the number of people who believe there is a genocide, but still wouldn’t support a pro Palestinians candidate would be even higher. My scenario is actually the most optimistic one.

    • MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Uhh, worse actually. I think it means about 50% of Cable news watchers (Fox, OAN) who feel it’s a genocide, think getting rid of Palestinians is a good thing and that they had it coming.

      They’re the creepy Americans, sorry…we hate them too.