Slightly/not at all accurately Moderately accurately Completely/very accurately PUBLIC Men 24% 47% 29% Women 26% 48% 25% JOURNALISTS Men 20% 52% 28% Women 28% 55% [...]
Things journalists may do Public Journalists Verify and get the facts right 87% 99% Be fair to all sides 78% 87% Be neutral 68% 76% [...]
A lot A little Not at all People focus on opinion and skip news reporting 27% 60% 13% People read deeply into details of stories [...]
Year Media hurts democracy Neither Media protects democracy 2018 30 41 28 2017 30 35 34
60 and older 45-59 years old 30-44 years old 18-29 years old Local TV news 76% 66% 57% 52% Broadcast TV 69% 59% 50% 48% [...]
Interaction Percent Read/watched/heard a news report on a topic you know a lot about 73% Witnessed/experienced something covered by a news organization 60% Commented on [...]
Democrats Independents Republicans Just the facts 8% 9% 6% Facts with some background and analysis 44% 28% 22% Too much analysis 17% 21% 14% Seems [...]
Democrats Independents Republicans Made-up stories from news outlets that don’t exist 76% 65% 70% Media outlets that pass on conspiracy theories and unsubstantiated rumors 68% [...]
Associations with term “fake news” People who approve of Trump People who disapprove of Trump Media outlets that pass on conspiracy theories and unsubstantiated rumors [...]
Top reasons for describing why they chose to subscribe in their own words Why they subscribed… Percent Access to local news 30% Convenience of print/home [...]
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