Utter nonsense.
First, are we to believe that Cal-Berzerkeley professor of ECONOMICS is qualified to make such a study? Then the conclusions they draw are entirely anecdotal and unsupportable.
This is a spinoff of the canard that Rush Limbaugh's listeners are "mind-numbed robots" who get their marching orders from Maha Rushie. The premise is that conservatives are too stupid to think for themselves and that only the slick conman Limbaugh can talk them into voting for Republicans. Just substitute O'Reilly and Hannity for Limbaugh and television for radio and you have the same premise, namely that conservatives only vote because the conservative media tells them to do.
Meanwhile Democrats misrepresent the mentally handicap, the elderly, illegals, felons and even the dead to vote Democrat and the leftist media and academia pretends that they all willingly, yea gladly, vote the Democrat ticket in thorough consideration.
It's hogwash. Not worth the neuron used to type it.
Oh I got a good laugh about being converted by FNC.