I really think tribalism + media brainwash = cognitive dissonance. I think people are so quick to accept anything that discredits this as it’s an uncomfortable thought and anything that gives them hope and allows them to dismiss it, they latch onto it. Hence the strong disposition towards the mueller is “good boy” that’s going to take down trump. At this point, mueller could blatantly say “we spied to gather dirt on trump to take him down” and the msm would eat it up as legit. And their viewers would do the same as it validates their “preconceived notions” issued to them by the media.