Conservatives exhibit greater metacognitive inefficiency, study finds

[supermist]

https://www.psypost.org/conservatives-exhibit-greater-metacognitive-inefficiency-study-finds/

Article summary:
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General explores how people across the political spectrum perceive their ability to detect misinformation. While both liberals and conservatives are somewhat aware of their judgment accuracy, conservatives display a significant "metacognitive inefficiency" when dealing with information that contradicts their political beliefs. This means conservatives are less aware of when they are wrong in such cases, particularly those with extreme conservative views. The study, based on a longitudinal survey of 1,191 U.S. participants, found that this asymmetry in metacognitive insight is more pronounced for conservatives, even when controlling for their knowledge levels. However, the study's findings are specific to U.S. political misinformation and may not generalize to other countries or types of misinformation.

Explains a lot about the current political climate in the US

 

[Taleweaver]

Explains a lot about the current political climate in the US

It's more than just 'current'. Back when "Weapons of Mass Destruction" were a thing, I honestly couldn't believe how the USA was planning on invading Iraq based on information that was being contradicted at pretty much the very same time. I even thought it was some sort of bluff or postering or something...which went out the window when, indeed, they acted upon it. And the general public later re-elected W. Bush.

As a foreigner, I hadn't heard of this thing called "Fox news", until I saw the documentary "outfoxed rupert murdoch's war on journalism". I won't say desinformation started with that channel, but it sure brought it to mainstream before social media circles took over.

Though it's easy to bash on the right with information like this, there's the interesting question: why isn't there an equivalent of fox news on the left side? I mean...alt right loves to portray the centrist/not extreme right media as "extreme left", but the advantages of socialism could really use some propaganda like fox propagates xenophobia, tax reduction, gun worship and similar rightwing hobbies.

 

[IncredulousP]

https://www.psypost.org/conservatives-exhibit-greater-metacognitive-inefficiency-study-finds/

Article summary:
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General explores how people across the political spectrum perceive their ability to detect misinformation. While both liberals and conservatives are somewhat aware of their judgment accuracy, conservatives display a significant "metacognitive inefficiency" when dealing with information that contradicts their political beliefs. This means conservatives are less aware of when they are wrong in such cases, particularly those with extreme conservative views. The study, based on a longitudinal survey of 1,191 U.S. participants, found that this asymmetry in metacognitive insight is more pronounced for conservatives, even when controlling for their knowledge levels. However, the study's findings are specific to U.S. political misinformation and may not generalize to other countries or types of misinformation.

Explains a lot about the current political climate in the US

Probably true, and also inflammatory.

 

[Joe88]

why isn't there an equivalent of fox news on the left side?

msnbc, and frankly I would consider them worse and par with newsmax

 

[Taleweaver]

msnbc, and frankly I would consider them worse and par with newsmax

Listen... The problem with fox is that they pretend to be news (it's in the fucking name), but they're pretty much the opposite. The only way they survive legal scrutiny is by obscuring what's news and what's opinion. As such, the whole 'the lefties stole the 2020 election' was nothing but a pipe dream of Trump and Giuliany, but it was repeated on fox as opinion, which meant it didn't had to undergo scrutiny of journalistic standards.

Msnbc isn't the equivalent because it IS a news station. They might be left leaning, but they don't float anticapitalist conspiracy theories. They don't openly mock politicians they don't like.

 

[Joe88]

Msnbc isn't the equivalent because it IS a news station. They might be left leaning, but they don't float anticapitalist conspiracy theories. They don't openly mock politicians they don't like.

Have you never watched rachel maddow, she regularly floats conspiracy theories, they even pulled morning joe from airing the monday after the assassination attempt:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/media/msnbc-morning-joe-pulled-trump-assassination/index.html
then joe's response on tuesday which he was not happy
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/media/morning-joe-pulled-hosts-disappointed-nbc/index.html

Though the reason I can only imagine why was nbc execs were too afraid of either joe, mika, or one of their loony bin guests making an inappropriate comment or any statement that could be considered incitement of violence/dog whistle.

 

[MPRTwice]

I am neither republican nor democrat, but I am also living proof that a professor's studies on fitness being ninety percent dependent on diet and ten percent dependent on exercise is wrong; I eat double whopper meals and lose zero point two pounds of weight while gaining muscle daily; gold medalists I trained in the olympics also eat supersize meals several times a day and are paper thin yet lightning-fast compared to many health food-obsessed physicians. Most of these "studies" are being conducted by people who sit in a chair and study theory all day, moreso than by multi-millionaire boxing champions. The sad part is that many of them put on a belt, say in theory (if a theory is not tested and repeatable, then that is actually a hypothesis, friend) they can win, then get badly injured against even the mma crowd.

With that point out the way, please continue; some of the republicans I met like to fly off the handle and abandon reason.

 

[Taleweaver]

Have you never watched rachel maddow, she regularly floats conspiracy theories, they even pulled morning joe from airing the monday after the assassination attempt:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/media/msnbc-morning-joe-pulled-trump-assassination/index.html
then joe's response on tuesday which he was not happy
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/media/morning-joe-pulled-hosts-disappointed-nbc/index.html

Though the reason I can only imagine why was nbc execs were too afraid of either joe, mika, or one of their loony bin guests making an inappropriate comment or any statement that could be considered incitement of violence/dog whistle.

Erm... If you want to make an argument perhaps you should bring links that sport them rather than disprove. The fact they're pulling programs aside in favor of live coverage shows journalistic integrity, the fact they're hesitant about voicing opinions that aren't in favor of Trump show they're cautious about controversial opinions rather than harvestiging controversy(and thus viewers).

I've watched a few Rachel Maddows shows. She's reageert to lay it into Republicans but she brought credible sources. Of course Ive not seen everything, but she's certainly not a 'lefty Carlson', if that's what you're implying.

 

[Dark_Ansem]

Exhibit A: this forum
Exhibit B: reddit
Exhibit C: twitter

 

[supermist]

msnbc, and frankly I would consider them worse and par with newsmax

They're in no way equivalent. What nonsense.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Erm... If you want to make an argument perhaps you should bring links that sport them rather than disprove. The fact they're pulling programs aside in favor of live coverage shows journalistic integrity, the fact they're hesitant about voicing opinions that aren't in favor of Trump show they're cautious about controversial opinions rather than harvestiging controversy(and thus viewers).

I've watched a few Rachel Maddows shows. She's reageert to lay it into Republicans but she brought credible sources. Of course Ive not seen everything, but she's certainly not a 'lefty Carlson', if that's what you're implying.

Heck, there have been interviews with Trump where folks from Fox News were literally trying to present Trump as more likable with their questions, asking in such a way to where they're spoon-feeding him, but same ol' Trump just can't take a hint and goes off on his tangents that just make it all worse.

 

[supermist]

Found this to be pretty interesting when looking at this infographic and the study findings in the OP

 

[Dark_Ansem]

Found this to be pretty interesting when looking at this infographic and the study findings in the OP

Disabled for Trump, definitely mental deficiency