Table 21.

Causal mediation effects

	Estimate	95% CI lower	95% CI upper	p-value
In-party-Congruent Misinformation
ACME	0.02949	0.0177	0.04	$<2\text{e}$ $-$16***
ADE	$-$0.02667	$-$0.05835	0.01	0.12
Total Effect	0.00282	$-$0.02833	0.03	0.86
Prop. Mediated	1.0675	$-$23.4415	19.56	0.86
Out-party-Congruent Misinformation
ACME	$-$0.03561	$-$0.04668	$-$0.03	$<2\text{e}$ $-$16***
ADE	0.02524	0.00134	0.05	0.04*
Total Effect	$-$0.01037	$-$0.024234	0.02	0.50
Prop. Mediated	1.75371	$-$21.07860	23.66	0.50

Standard errors bootstrapped 100 times.

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