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Roughly half of internet users have used online classified ads, up from 22% in 2005.
Only a quarter of Americans say they read a print version of a newspaper.
The number of Americans using the internet to get political news has more than doubled since the 2000 election.
The Project for Excellence in Journalism estimates that one out of every five journalists working for newspapers in 2001 no longer does so.
Since the 1980s, the number of U.S. wire services and newspapers covering Congress has fallen by 72%.
More Americans now get news from the internet than from newspapers.
More Americans use TV (57%) to consume news than any other media source.
That’s the percent of news coverage devoted to international events not directly involving the U.S.
When he formally enters the 2008 race this week, former Sen. Fred Thompson can behave in all ways like a presidential candidate. But on his “testing the waters” website, I’mwithFred.com, he’s already been busy reaching out to supporters.
That’s the percentage of U.S. adults who used the internet during the 2006 midterm election campaigns to get political news and information and to discuss the races through email. And the number of Americans using the internet as their main source of political material doubled since the last mid-term election, rivaling the number from the 2004 presidential election year.
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