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Pew Research CenterMarch 18, 2020
Americans Immersed in COVID-19 News; Most Think Media Are Doing Fairly Well Covering It

Majority of Americans think the news media have exaggerated COVID-19 risks at least slightly; Republicans more likely to say so than Democrats

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Majority of Americans think the news media have exaggerated COVID-19 risks at least slightly; Republicans more likely to say so than Democrats

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Americans Immersed in COVID-19 News; Most Think Media Are Doing Fairly Well Covering It
Beliefs about the origin of the COVID-19 virus differ within party by media diet
More say COVID-19 came about naturally, but nearly three-in-ten say it came from a lab
More Republicans than Democrats report seeing news and info about the outbreak that seemed made up
Most Americans say they have seen the same facts about COVID-19 across news sources
Older adults offer slightly more positive views of COVID-19 news coverage than younger adults
Republicans give the news media lower ratings than Democrats for COIVD-19 coverage but rate their own news sources higher
High interest in COVID-19 news cuts across party, age
Republicans give the news media lower marks in their coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak than Democrats
About four-in-ten Americans say COVID-19 came about naturally; about three-in-ten think it was created in a lab. Nearly half say a vaccine will be available in a year or more
Majority of Americans think the news media have exaggerated COVID-19 risks at least slightly; Republicans more likely to say so than Democrats
Republicans more likely than Democrats to express belief in false claims about COVID-19
Americans are following COVID-19 news very closely and think media are covering it very or somewhat well. But most think the media have exaggerated the risks, and about half say they have seen at least some made-up news about COVID-19.
Half of the public expects a vaccine in a year or more, yet many Republicans think it will come sooner
Partisans with different media diets vary in assessments of COVID-19 news media coverage

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