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    Americans’ Views of the News Media During the COVID-19 Outbreak
    More Americans hold positive than negative views of the news media’s COVID-19 coverage, but Republicans and Democrats remain starkly divided.
    Fewer Americans now say media exaggerated COVID-19 risks, but big partisan gaps persist
    The percentage who say journalists have exaggerated the risks of the outbreak has decreased notably in recent weeks.
    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.
    Older Americans continue to follow COVID-19 news more closely than younger adults
    More than two-thirds of adults ages 65 or older said they were following news of the pandemic very closely.
    Early in outbreak, Americans cited claims about risk level and details of coronavirus as made-up news
    A new analysis of open-ended responses to a survey of U.S. adults looks at the specific storylines or claims about COVID-19 that Americans said they were exposed to.
    As newsrooms face coronavirus-related cuts, 54% of Americans rate media’s response to the outbreak positively
    Many U.S. news organizations are covering the coronavirus pandemic while themselves facing financial pressure from the outbreak.
    5 facts about Fox News
    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.
    Cable TV and COVID-19: How Americans perceive the outbreak and view media coverage differ by main news source
    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.
    Americans’ main sources for political news vary by party and age
    Americans turn to a wide range of media outlets for political and election news, but Fox News and CNN stand out as especially common sources.
    QAnon’s conspiracy theories have seeped into U.S. politics, but most don’t know what it is
    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.
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