It’s just media in general, with leftists and women being most susceptible.
A perfect example was the gallups poll on covid hospitalization rates. 41% of democrats thought the covid hospitalization rate was over 50%. A further 29% of democrats thought it was between 20% and 49%. The reality was 1-5%, and I’m willing to bet very heavily that it was closer to 1%.
In summary: a supermajority of democrats believed in covid hospitalization rates that were likely incorrect by an order of magnitude. The “follow the science” and “trust the experts” and “muh college educated” demographic was about as wrong as it is possible to be on one of the biggest issues of our time. How? Media manipulation. These people are midwit npcs who rely on manufactured consensus to project the appearance of intelligence.
It’s just media in general, with leftists and women being most susceptible.
A perfect example was the gallups poll on covid hospitalization rates. 41% of democrats thought the covid hospitalization rate was over 50%. A further 29% of democrats thought it was between 20% and 49%. The reality was 1-5%, and I’m willing to bet very heavily that it was closer to 1%.
In summary: a supermajority of democrats believed in covid hospitalization rates that were likely incorrect by an order of magnitude. The “follow the science” and “trust the experts” and “muh college educated” demographic was about as wrong as it is possible to be on one of the biggest issues of our time. How? Media manipulation. These people are midwit npcs who rely on manufactured consensus to project the appearance of intelligence.