Americans with high news interest somewhat more likely to correctly identify factual statements, but no more likely to do so for opinions | Pew Research Center

June 14, 2018

2. The ability to classify statements as factual or opinion varies widely based on political awareness, digital savviness and trust in news media

Americans with high news interest somewhat more likely to correctly identify factual statements, but no more likely to do so for opinions

Americans with high news interest somewhat more likely to correctly identify factual statements, but no more likely to do so for opinions

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2. The ability to classify statements as factual or opinion varies widely based on political awareness, digital savviness and trust in news media
Digital savviness
News interest
Those with high political awareness more likely to correctly identify factual and opinion news statements
Digitally savvy Americans much more likely to correctly identify factual and opinion statements
Those with a lot of trust in national news organizations more likely to correctly identify factual and opinion news statements
Americans with high news interest somewhat more likely to correctly identify factual statements, but no more likely to do so for opinions