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Fox News Viewers More Likely to Embrace Great Replacement Conspiracy

5/5/2026

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Amherst professor Jesse Rhodes found that watching Fox News increased white respondents' endorsement of the Great Replacement conspiracy.
The survey found half of respondents believed immigrants were eroding citizen influence, with two-thirds of Fox News viewers saying immigrants were invading and over three-quarters saying Americans were losing cultural sway.
Controlling for demographics and racial attitudes, Fox News consumption still predicted conspiracy support, though researchers say the design cannot prove causation.

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Amherst professor Jesse Rhodes found that watching Fox News increased white respondents' endorsement of the Great Replacement conspiracy.
The survey found half of respondents believed immigrants were eroding citizen influence, with two-thirds of Fox News viewers saying immigrants were invading and over three-quarters saying Americans were losing cultural sway.
Controlling for demographics and racial attitudes, Fox News consumption still predicted conspiracy support, though researchers say the design cannot prove causation.