my mom thought the male-to-female prisoner ratio in the US was 1:1, a 50/50 split, because "I watched Oz and now I watch Orange is the New Black"
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yeah, her consumption of media influences her opinions about such things. during the height of the caitlyn jenner era she believed there were more trans than lgb folks in the USA, and in any case thought those population estimates were way, way higher than they actually are
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I wonder how widespread media consumption affecting public opinion is? With a federal election coming up in the Fall, that's something to watch, particularly since our national broadcaster receives substantial funding from the sitting government
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It is probably extremely high
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i suppose it says something about CNN and People and how these inescapable "mono-stories" can become stand-ins for everything else
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