Charts

Journalistic term Subscribers Non-subscribers Difference between editorials and news 62% 39% What an op-ed is 43% 22% What attribution means 41% 26%

Statements about news reports’ accuracy What the public says What journalists expect most people to say Most news reports are fairly inaccurate 40% 36% Most [...]

Media hurts democracy Neither Media protects democracy Public 30% 41% 28% Journalists 12% 17% 71%

60 and older 45-59 years old 30-44 years old 18-29 years old What a political endorsement is 72% 72% 54% 46% The difference between an [...]

Key journalistic terms Public who says a little/not at all familiar Journalists who believe public has little/no understanding Native advertising 57% 87% Op-ed 50% 56% [...]

Interaction Entirely accurate Got important facts right, minor inaccuracies Mostly inaccurate When you were interviewed by a journalist for a news story 32% 51% 11% [...]

Slightly/not at all accurately Moderately accurately Completely/very accurately PUBLIC Issues around race and ethnicity 33% 43% 23% Issues around religion 37% 45% 18% JOURNALISTS Issues [...]

60 and older 45-59 years old 30-44 years old 18-29 years old Local TV news 65% 62% 49% 43% Broadcast TV 59% 53% 40% 40% [...]

Slightly/not at all accurately Moderately accurately Completely/very accurately PUBLIC People in urban areas 27% 45% 26% People in rural areas 45% 42% 12% The political [...]

Definition of anonymous sourcing Percent of public Journalists take information from unknown people and publish it 12% Journalists get information from unknown people, confirm it, [...]