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Pew Research CenterMay 8, 2020
Americans’ Views of the News Media During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Partisan divide in views toward journalists as stark today as in late 2018

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Partisan divide in views toward journalists as stark today as in late 2018

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Americans’ Views of the News Media During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Americans more positive than negative about COVID-19 news coverage, but there are strong partisan divides in whether media fulfill key roles
Americans’ confidence in journalists slightly lower since 2018, perceptions of ethical standards on par with last year
Americans more positive than negative in evaluations of the news media’s COVID-19 coverage
Republicans and Democrats strongly disagree in views of the news media’s COVID-19 coverage
Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans stand far apart in their evaluations of the news media’s COVID-19 coverage
About four-in-ten Americans say COVID-19 news coverage is too negative
Americans’ confidence in journalists slightly lower than 2018, views of ethics about on par with last year
Partisan divide in views toward journalists as stark today as in late 2018
Americans rank journalists’ ethical standards below doctors, police officers and clergy, but higher than elected officials
Republicans and Democrats are more divided over views toward journalists than other groups of individuals
Republicans and Democrats are far more divided over the ethical standards of journalists than other groups of individuals
American Trends Panel recruitment surveys
Weighting dimensions
Unweighted sample sizes and the error attributable to sampling
About half of Americans express confidence in journalists to serve public interest, down from 2018

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