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Also viewing habits just emphasize different types of misinformation: https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/354938/adults-estimat...

E.g. democrats in the survey were more misinformed on risks of Covid than republicans. That explains why the misinformed fear is causing Californians to visit outdoor pumpkin patches while wearing cloth masks (this is analogous to wearing helmets while driving, which is statistically safer but not seen very often.)

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Indeed, but my point was that the reality is complex. It depends on what news you view; a blanket statement that "the more news you consume the less understanding" is apparently false.

Every general statement is false in some way. The average trends are important. E.g. people that consume more fear-driven media tend to have a lower grasp on perceived risk.

That’s a significantly different statement than the one you started with.

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