Among three topics, news media receive lowest marks for immigration coverage | Pew Research Center

May 8, 2018

1. Populist views, more than left-right identity, play a role in opinions of the news media in Western Europe

Among three topics, news media receive lowest marks for immigration coverage

Among three topics, news media receive lowest marks for immigration coverage

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1. Populist views, more than left-right identity, play a role in opinions of the news media in Western Europe
People in Sweden, Germany, Spain most likely to say the news media are very important to society
Wide divides between those with populist views and those without over news media’s role in society; Divides between the left and right are more minimal
Southern Europeans and British adults are less likely to trust the news media than other Western Europeans
Those with populist views trust the news media far less than those who don’t have populist views; Ideology plays little role in trust of the news media in most of Western Europe
Among three topics, news media receive lowest marks for immigration coverage
Wide gaps between those with populist views and those without in how well news media cover the economy