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title: "TV Still King of News"
description: "More Americans use TV (57%) to consume news than any other media source."
date: "2008-11-23"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2008/11/23/tv-still-king-of-news/"
---

# TV Still King of News

On any given day, more Americans turn to TV for their news (57%) than any other source of media, a rate that has remained largely stable over the past 10 years (59% in 1998). In contrast, the percentage of Americans reading a newspaper on any given day has fallen to 34%, down from 40% just two years ago and down from 48% (a 14-point drop) a decade ago. The share that listened to news on the radio yesterday also has slipped 14 points since 1998, from 49% to 35%. Overall, 29% of Americans say they got news online yesterday, up from 23% in 2006. Most who get news online also got news from TV, radio or a news paper (84%). Just 5% of Americans got their news only from the web. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/928/key-news-audiences-now-blend-online-and-traditional-sources)