Fox News pushes Democrats and Republicans to bemore conservative, especially around election time

摘要

Since it premiered in 1996, Fox News has become the most watchedudcable news network in America, pushing forward a partisan view whichudhas been critical of President Obama and the Democratic Party. But doesudFox News actually influence the way that we are governed? In newudresearch which examines how House members vote, Kevin Arceneaux,udMartin Johnson, René Lindstädt and Ryan Vander Wielen find thatudwhen Fox News is available in members’ constituencies, they are moreudlikely to adopt more conservative policy positions – whether they areudRepublican or Democrat. They also find that this effect is mostudpronounced around election time, and is nearly nonexistent immediatelyudafter elections.