Analysis | The unique role of Fox News in the misinformation universe

Again, some of this is a function of Republicans who believe conspiracy theories self-selecting as Fox News viewers. But the same gap overlaps with belief in the false claim that the election was stolen, as recent PRRI polling indicated. In that polling, Republicans who most trusted far-right networks such as Newsmax and OAN almost universally believed that the election was stolen, while fewer than half of Republicans who most trusted mainstream news sources said the same. Among Republicans who most trusted Fox, views were much closer to the OAN/Newsmax group.

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