The fact that this paper includes a variety of right-wing outlets and programmes (sometimes from the same outlet) may also contribute to this discrepancy, since although the outlets are right wing, evidence suggests that there may be significant variation across the different outlets and programmes, both in terms of partisanship and more importantly the way in which the COVID-19 pandemic was presented to viewers. 40 Hence, the lack of significant results observed for right-wing media exposure may be due to the diversity of COVID-19 reportage among right-wing news outlets and programmes.
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