One-sided and inaccurate news seen as the biggest problems with news on social media | Pew Research Center

September 16, 2019

Americans Are Wary of the Role Social Media Sites Play in Delivering the News

One-sided and inaccurate news seen as the biggest problems with news on social media

One-sided and inaccurate news seen as the biggest problems with news on social media

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Americans Are Wary of the Role Social Media Sites Play in Delivering the News
Many say social media companies have too much control over the news people see …
About eight-in-ten say social media companies treat some news organizations differently than others … And many say these companies favor news organizations with sensational content, a lot of social media followers or partisan coverage
One-sided and inaccurate news seen as the biggest problems with news on social media
Social media news consumers say the news posts they see generally lean more liberal than conservative
Social media sites as pathways to news
Facebook, Twitter, Reddit are the sites with the most news-focused users
Profiles of social media news consumers in the U.S.
Republicans more skeptical about social media companies’ role in the mix of news on their sites
Getting news from social media sites is an increasingly common experience