Americans’ Views of the News Media During the COVID-19 Outbreak. Pew Research Center. Jeffrey Gottfried, Mason Walker and Amy Mitchell. May 8, 2020.
Even in crisis, Republicans and Democrats remain starkly divided in their attitudes toward journalists
Coverage of the current coronavirus outbreak has consumed much of the news media’s attention as Americans look for information in a time of high anxiety and uncertainty. Overall, more Americans hold positive than negative views of the news media’s coverage of the COVID-19 crisis, though broader views of the media are more evenly divided or more negative. And Republicans and Democrats continue to stand far apart in their opinions of the media during the pandemic, according to a new Pew Research Center survey conducted April 20-26, 2020, among 10,139 U.S. adults who are part of the Center’s American Trends Panel. [Note: contains copyrighted material].
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