Most Americans say a free press is highly important to society
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, 73% of U.S. adults say the freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society.
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Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, 73% of U.S. adults say the freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society.
Similar shares of U.S. adults believe news organizations are giving too much attention (32%) or too little attention (29%) to Biden’s age.
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online.
About one-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of Gab, an alternative social media site, and 1% say that they get news there regularly.
55% of journalists surveyed say that every side does not always deserve equal coverage in the news. 22% of Americans overall say the same.
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48% of US adults say the government should restrict false information online, even if it means losing some freedom to access/publish content.
37% of U.S. adults say they are following news about the coronavirus outbreak very closely. That is up from 31% in March 2021.
In just five years, the percentage of Republicans with at least some trust in national news organizations has been cut in half.
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