Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in the News
Appendix B: Detailed tables
Table of Contents
- Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in the News
- 1. Overall, Americans identified more statements correctly than incorrectly, but sizable portions got most wrong
- 2. The ability to classify statements as factual or opinion varies widely based on political awareness, digital savviness and trust in news media
- 3. Republicans and Democrats more likely to classify a news statement as factual if it favors their side – whether it is factual or opinion
- 4. Americans overwhelmingly see statements they think are factual as accurate, mostly disagree with factual statements they incorrectly label as opinions
- 5. Tying statements to news outlets had limited impact on Americans’ capacity to identify statements as factual or opinion
- Acknowledgments
- Methodology
- Appendix A: Measuring capacity to classify statements as factual or opinion
- Appendix B: Detailed tables
