Check the actual stats. Unfortunately a lot of GOP leaning media sources including top rated Fox News opinion hosts have been spreading FUD about the vaccine for a year. People listen to their trusted news hosts and media sources…
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demogr...
60 % of Republicans have received at least one dose [1], but only 51 % of blacks have done the same [2].
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/17/counties-vot...
[2] https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-...
* “ 60% of Republican adults”
* “58% percent of White people had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, which was close to the rate for Hispanic people (56%) but higher than the rate for Black people (51%)“
The problem becomes obvious if you compare it now. How could the Republican % be higher than the white, Hispanic, or black %? Not because republicans are more likely than democrats or neutrals to get the vaccine - it’s because you’ve compared total population (including children who aren’t eligible or only became eligible in the last month or two) to adult population.
Now look at stats that actually compare like for like and you can see GOP members are much less open to vaccination than Black Americans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/28/republica...
https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-news-idUSTRE68D0... notes that in general the average American spends about 60 minutes a day getting news from TV, radio or newspapers and only 9% report they exclusively get news online.
The major networks have a huge impact on the overall media narrative, and Fox News is the biggest.