The more Fox News a white American watches, the more likely they are to believe in a racist conspiracy theory, regardless of party affiliation and demographics

Sacramento Bee ^ | June 2, 2026 | Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst; Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst, and Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst

[artichokegrower]

During a Washington Nationals baseball game on May 17, 2026, three people unfurled a large banner from the upper deck of Nationals Park displaying a link to a white nationalist website. The website, warning of the replacement of whites by people of color, called for the deportation of 100 million people from the United States.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: chat; chatforum; clickbait; greatreplacement; thebee; theconversation; thegreatreplacement

[artichokegrower]

It shows how exposure to Fox News leads Americans to express more conservative attitudes about the COVID-19 pandemic , immigration policies and criminal justice issues .

Don’t need to watch Fox News to realize that these issues and their negative impacts on Americans are facts

[MarlonRando]

What White Nationalist website? American Renaissance? That’s a really good site by the way.

[Ciaphas Cain]

I can’t trust any alleged news article that was written by three people.

[Organic Panic]

And how are they wrong pointing out the swamp is proudly admitting to replacing white people with melanated turds? Joe Biden himself proclaims “it’s a good thing.”

[No name given]

Exactly.

[Political Junkie Too]

This is called "softening the ground."

It's similary to an artillary barrage of the terrain before an assault.

This is psyops intended to dissuade voters from paying attention to Fox News, a news site where people are more likey to receive positive news about Republican candidates than the LAAP-dog media site.

That's why the Sac Bee is doing the dirty work right now... because all eyes are on the California races... LA mayor and governor.

Recognize it for what it is.

-PJ

[fruser1]

Actually, it’d be anyone that’s heard of DEI.

[MrRelevant]

Umass Amherst? Are they students? 😂

[escapefromboston]

Its not really a conspiracy theory if its happening right in the open in front of everyone?

[GOPJ]

The MSM lies so- do their pollsters and sycophants. And you’re right about writing in threes. It’s a NYT’s favorite trick. Liberals act as if they’re victims - when in fact they haven’t been in decades. MAGA’s the folks who get our cars keyed - and our Musk dealerships set on fire.

When “W” Bush ran for office democrats dressed up like KKK members and went to his rallies to cheer. Fake hate crimes are the progressive’s calling card.

I’m betting the ‘three’ at the stadium were democrats...

[Tench_Coxe]

They’re a decade behind. Fox is not where its at.

[brookwood]

Nothing in the linked article shows what the name of the “nationalist website” was, or what the “banner” said. So all 80 million trump voters are somehow guilty of a crime we are not allowed to see. Liberals are liars, they lie for the fun of it.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

I don’t care for Fox News. It’s corporate Neocon propaganda.

[mfish13]

Is this an article about the Demcrat Candidate for Maine??

[artichokegrower]

In my Central California town the native born Latinos call themselves Nortenos and they don’t like the immigrant Latinos who call themselves Surenos. They settle their differences very violently. Lots of gunfire and bloodshed

[brookwood]

And what are the “racist conspiracy theories”? That affirmative action is state-sanctioned discrimination against white men? The “minority set-asides” discriminate against businesses owned by white men? The DEI is a system of national programs permeating all levels of society with the goal of reducing the opportunities and outcomes for white men? What am I missing?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

TRANSLATION: The higher the volume of accurate information an evil white devil is exposed to, the more likely the evil white devil is to believe it.

[doc maverick]

Demoncrats need to all be replaced!
I don’t care what colors they are replaced with as long as ALL DEMONCRATS ARE REPLACED.

[Drew68]

It's kinda funny how these libtards think that MAGA folks sit around and watch Fox News all day.

I haven't had cable since 2018 and never watch any cable news programming. The last mainstream news coverage I watched was on YouTube, and it was MSNBC on Election Night 2024, and only because I knew Trump was going to win and I was savoring the meltdown.

Fox News? Haven't watched it in years.

[FreedomPoster]

I haven’t watched them regularly for about 15 years.