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Many Americans Say Made|Up News Is a Critical Problem That ...


Opinion | The hard truth: Americans don't trust the news media

We must be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement. Most ...

19 Real Events Caused by Fake News in the US | Marubeni Institute

The problem is the media. According to a 2016 opinion poll, in the US only 32% of the population trusts the media. Among Republican supporters, the rate is only ...

Media Mistrust Has Been Growing for Decades—Does It Matter?

Today, it sits near the bottom of the list, outflanked only by Congress in most surveys. It's one of those social facts that elicits a sense of ...

Key Findings From The 2022 American Journalist Study

When asked about the “most important problem facing journalism today,” the ... They now make up 43.9 percent of news magazine staff and 40.4 percent of ...

Trust in Media 2024: Which news sources Americans trust - YouGov

Most adults say that at least half their news consumption is politics-related, and most major news sources are perceived by Americans as either ...

Misinformation is eroding the public's confidence in democracy

Democracy in the United States is in serious trouble. A review of some recent public opinion research shows just how much.

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Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it.

Overview and key findings of the 2023 Digital News Report

Our data show that online consumers are accessing news less frequently than in the past and are also becoming less interested. Despite the ...

Fake news headlines are going viral. Here's what to know.

Experts say fabricated headlines can mislead the public at a time when facts are crucial ... I think many of them do, they just don't care.

Fake News, Lies, and Other Familiar Problems

The problem of fake news entered American political life as a way to account for the seemingly inexplicable—Donald Trump's surprise election to ...

Do Americans trust the news media? - YouTube

... June 5, 2019: https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2019/06/05/many-americans-say-made-up-news-is-a-critical-problem-that-needs-to-be-fixed/

The Fall, Rise, and Fall of Media Trust - Columbia Journalism Review

Tom Rosenstiel, the executive director of the American Press Institute, told her that for many people, “there's 'the media' (bad) and there's ' ...

2022 Misinformation and Disinformation Study - Security.org

Though many people rely on social and news media to get information, public opinion of both sources is dropping. One-half of Americans hold the ...

Misinformation in action: Fake news exposure is linked to lower trust ...

Perhaps more importantly, sensational and made-up stories that mimic the format of journalism could damage the credibility of all news content.

I've Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here's How We Lost America's Trust.

These political organs are not in the news or even the serious commentary business, because that assumes the news. They don't report new stories ...

How misinformation on social media has changed news - PIRG

Misinformation is incorrect or misleading information. Sometimes it can be as simple as an error in reporting. Other times misinformation ...

Trump threatens media with darker days if he wins the election - NPR

Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he'd do to the media if elected · Investigations · Trump has made more than 100 threats to ...

This infamous Steve Bannon quote is key to understanding ... - CNN

“I just think the 'information disorder' is both (a) a very real issue that naturally attracts the attention of Big Commissions and Big Think ...

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

The problem is structural. Thanks to enhanced-virality social media, dissent is punished within many of our institutions, which means that bad ...

What America Could Look Like Without Fox News | TIME

One of the most striking findings about Fox News Republicans (FR) are their perceptions of who is facing discrimination in the US today. Most FR ...