Charts

Actively seek out news and information Mostly bump into news and information Americans say they… 63% 37% Journalists think most Americans… 28% 72%

Democrats Independents Republicans Verify and get the facts right 89% 79% 90% Be fair to all sides 77% 75% 81% Be neutral 66% 64% 73% [...]

Democrats Independents Republicans Own preferred source 83% 66% 69% Local TV News 71% 53% 60% Broadcast TV news such as NBC, CBS, or ABC 70% [...]

Things that may factor into story decisions Extremely/Very important Somewhat important Not at all/Not very important How many people will pay attention to the story [...]

News source Subscribers Non-subscribers Local newspaper 70% 49% National newspapers 59% 43% PBS 65% 52% Public radio 56% 43%

News org’s explanation of anonymous sources Extremely/very well 35% Somewhat well 28% Not too well/not well at all 18% Don’t know 19%

Democrats Independents Republicans Your preferred source 83% 64% 66% Journalists as a group 60% 35% 19% Individual journalists you read or follow 54% 31% 36% [...]

Mostly just facts Facts with some background/analysis Mostly analysis Just commentary/opinion What public thinks is useful 27% 63% 5% 5% What public thinks news actually [...]

Democrats Independents Republicans Mostly just facts 20% 32% 33% Facts with some background and analysis 70% 50% 62% Mostly analysis 5% 8% 2% Just commentary [...]

Journalism term or concept People who did school courses or student media People with no education about media What breaking news means 79% 73% What [...]