Trump is finally starting to treat coronavirus with the gravity it deserves. But for a huge segment of his supporters, the damage is already done
media coverage as a “hoax” created to hurt his brand. With coronavirus now claiming 219 American lives, over 17,000 cases, and one collapsed economy, ., a national survey on the public’s reception of the pandemic, found that a majority of respondents who identified as Republicans or heartland residents are more inclined to treat the disease as a less serious matter than their Democratic and coastal counterparts.
Data shows that Trump voters are more inclined to trust the news sources the president himself favors. A Pew Research Center found that the only news outlet a majority of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents trust is Fox News. Hosts likethe president’s “hoax” coronavirus claims, pushing a conspiracy theory about “deep state” actors and accusing the media of “scaring the living hell out of people” for no good reason. Trump’s supporters agree: 76% of GOP respondents in a new Pewbelieve the press overhyped the impact of the disease, while just one-third of Republicans polled view coronavirus as a serious health risk.
The case of the Frilots, a Republican family from a conservative Louisiana community, illustrates how the pandemic can be dismissed until it hits close to home.
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