Around three-in-ten Americans are very confident they could fact-check news about COVID-19
Americans’ confidence in checking COVID-19 information aligns closely with their confidence in checking the accuracy of news stories broadly.
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3. Factors beyond party affiliation also connect with trust in the news media
Other factors beyond partisan dynamics are linked with Americans’ assessments of the news media – though perhaps not as dramatically. Two additional areas stand out in this analysis: trust of others overall and demographic characteristics. Americans who are more trusting of others overall extend that trust to the news media High trusters – those with […]
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Methodology
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted March 24-29, 2020, among a national sample of 1,013 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in the United States (305 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 708 were interviewed on a cellphone, including 461 who had no landline telephone). The […]
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By a Narrow Margin, Americans Say Senate Trial Should Result in Trump’s Removal
As the Senate impeachment trial gets underway, about half of Americans say Donald Trump should be removed from office. A 63% majority say Trump definitely or probably has committed illegal acts, either in office or while running for president.
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2. Tech is (just) a tool
Many of these experts pointed out that technology is neither inherently helpful nor harmful. It is simply a tool. They said the real effects of technology depend upon how it is wielded. It can be used to inspire and catalyze change just as easily as it can be used in ways that are detrimental to […]
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