• rwhitisissle@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Two points: 1) The mechanism by which individuals consume media shifts across generations. Baby Boomers watch more Fox News and MSNBC than any younger age cohort because they’re still very much invested in consuming news media via television. That said, 2) According to viewership statistics Fox News and MSNBC have the same viewership percentages for Gen X - around 25%. Which is the second highest viewership percentage after Baby Boomers, who also consume liberal news media in extremely high percentages.

    https://pos.org/whos-watching-a-look-at-the-demographics-of-cable-news-channel-watchers/