In a recent post on his Jabberwocking blog, Kevin Drum shows a series of charts which point to Republicans love of misinformation as long as it confirms their predisposition to believe it.
It starts with a google search. Most Democrats seem to accept the results of the search even if it contradicts their beliefs. Republicans on the other hand tend to reject the search results if they don't confirm their prejudices. They then go on to seek out news sources which conform or reinforce whatever conspiracy they were trying to confirm.
In practice this means a pretty good chunk of the population is inclined to believe whatever nonsense they pick up in the right wing media bubble. That's a problem in a democracy which depends on a shared sense of facts.s
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