Twitter is the go-to social media site for U.S. journalists, but not for the public
The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.
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The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.
55% of journalists surveyed say that every side does not always deserve equal coverage in the news. 22% of Americans overall say the same.
Looking at respondents to 2020 and 2021 surveys reveals differences in vaccination rates based on where people turned most for COVID-19 news.
11% of stories about Joe Biden’s early days as president cited an anonymous or unnamed source, and fewer than 1% relied solely on such sources.
Immigration was one of the five topics most covered by 25 major news outlets in the first 60 days of the Biden administration.
The percentage of Americans following news of the pandemic very closely has slipped to its lowest level since the beginning of the outbreak.
In studying voters’ views of election fraud, we found these views varied by whether people got their news from the Trump campaign.
With Election Day six months away, 52% of Americans are paying fairly close or very close attention to news about the presidential candidates.
Americans are following the president’s statements on the COVID-19 pandemic less closely than a few months ago.
Among Republicans, opinions about the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. differ considerably by source of news.
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