Key facts about Gab
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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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.
With Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid now officially underway, here are key facts about Truth Social and its users.
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
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.
In just five years, the percentage of Republicans with at least some trust in national news organizations has been cut in half.
Nonprofit news reporters now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago.
Despite the spread of the conspiracy theories, about three-quarters of U.S. adults say they have heard or read nothing at all about them.
Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.
The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.
A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.
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