Americans have mixed views about how the news media cover Biden’s, Trump’s ages
Similar shares of U.S. adults believe news organizations are giving too much attention (32%) or too little attention (29%) to Biden’s age.
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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.
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.
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55% of journalists surveyed say that every side does not always deserve equal coverage in the news. 22% of Americans overall say the same.
Americans’ trust in media varies widely by political party and whether they see the outlet in question as part of the “mainstream media.”
In just five years, the percentage of Republicans with at least some trust in national news organizations has been cut in half.
59% of Americans are following news about the 2020 candidates closely, but far fewer are following it very closely at this stage of the race.
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.
When Americans were asked to evaluate the media’s standing in the nation, 41% say news organizations are growing in their influence.
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