About Seven-in-Ten U.S. Adults Say They Need to Take Breaks From COVID-19 News
61% give equal attention to national and local coronavirus news.
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61% give equal attention to national and local coronavirus news.
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While U.S. Democrats turn to a variety of outlets for political news, no source comes close to matching the appeal of Fox News for Republicans.
Responses to cable news coverage and the pandemic vary notably among Americans who identify Fox News, MSNBC or CNN as their main source of political news.
More than half of these social media news consumers say they have encountered made-up news about COVID-19.
There are notable differences between white and black Democrats in news consumption habits and assessments of recent political events and figures in the news.
In total, 20% of all Democrats get political news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences, while 18% of all Republicans do so only from outlets with right-leaning audiences.
U.S. newspaper circulation fell in 2018 to its lowest level since 1940, and newspaper revenues declined dramatically between 2008 and 2018.
Americans who closely follow political news are more likely to have confidence that the public will accept election results. And that’s true across party boundaries.
Both Democrats and Republicans express far more distrust than trust of social media sites as sources for political and election news.
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