Alarming new study finds half of Americans believe news ... - CNN
Feb 16, 2023 · Only 26% of Americans hold a favorable opinion of the news media, Gallup and the Knight Foundation found — the lowest level recorded by the organizations over the last five years.
News consumers are more influenced by political alignment than …
Oct 31, 2024 · For many years, the conventional wisdom was that only highly biased, less educated media consumers would put partisanship over truth – in other words, they would believe news that confirmed their worldview, regardless of whether it was true.
Trying to tune out the news these days? New study shows you're ... - NPR
Aug 4, 2023 · A new global study from the Reuters Institute at Oxford University confirms: Many people are choosing to avoid the news, especially about the war in Ukraine and, in the U.S., also about politics...
The election proved the media is in crisis. Here’s what it ... - CNN
1 day ago · But news consumers who don’t believe — or even bother to read — stories about politics still connect with news outlets through coverage of, say, sports and business.
Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers …
Jun 22, 2020 · It is a tenet of American journalism that reporters working for the news sections of newspapers remain entirely independent of the opinion sections. But that wall may be invisible to readers.
In election cycles, voters tend to believe news that confirms their ...
Sep 19, 2024 · When individuals assess the truthfulness of political news during an election period, their beliefs become significantly more partisan, research finds. In today’s polarized political landscape, discerning real news from fake is more important — and tougher — than ever.
3. Americans’ struggles with truth, accuracy and accountability
Jul 22, 2019 · The public’s concern about information withholding extends beyond the government. Some 61% say the news media intentionally ignores stories that are important to the public, while about four-in-ten (38%) believe news media makes their best effort to cover the stories important to the public.
When Americans Lost Faith in the News - The New Yorker
Jan 30, 2023 · He persuaded millions of Americans not to believe anything they saw or heard in the non-Trumpified media, including, ultimately, the results of the 2020 Presidential election.
American Views 2020: Trust, Media and Democracy
Aug 4, 2020 · Nearly 3 in 4 Americans (74%) say news organizations they distrust are trying to persuade people to adopt a certain viewpoint, while 16% say they are trying to report the news accurately and fairly but are unable to do so.
Why Americans are losing trust in elections and the media
Jan 16, 2022 · Americans' trust in both their government and in each other is declining. That might be something you have concluded on your own from watching the news or even talking with your neighbors.