Polls Show Real News Helped People Survive Pandemic

Right-wing media consumers were more likely to contact Covid

Manny Otiko
Democracy Guardian
Published in
4 min readMar 16, 2022

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Two recent surveys show that the type of media you consume can keep you alive. According to a recent Axios/Ipsos poll, regular viewers of CNN and MSNBC were less likely to have contacted Covid than viewers of right-wing media such as Fox News Channel.

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Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.