{"id":198843,"date":"2025-02-06T16:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=198843"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:32:14","slug":"the-briefing-2025-02-06","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-02-06\/","title":{"rendered":"How news influencers talked about Trump and Harris during the 2024 election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-633fa06413a86b4a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3bff49ec2d2a63e4 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5cfa868ed015c6ca wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Independent journalist breaks federal funding freeze story<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> How news influencers talked about Trump and Harris during the 2024 election&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> A look at how some local news outlets are trying to fight against misinformation about ICE raids<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Pentagon to remove NBC News, The New York Times, NPR and Politico from office space under new rotation<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> News influencers with a newsroom background were more critical of Trump; those outside the industry were more critical of Harris&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1929d80612faee0a wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-bc8592652d1dd3ac wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e8adaaac60b6d6ee wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Trump administration last week issued an executive order to <strong>freeze spending on all federal loans and grants,<\/strong> which has since been rescinded after major backlash. News of the spending freeze was initially reported by <strong>Marisa Kabas,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/independent-journalists-trump-local-news-a60b49c97058d14f1b2e36cdc771d8f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an independent journalist posting on Bluesky<\/a> and her own website.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6d2e9641234e296c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Many <strong>independent journalists<\/strong> are now sharing news on social media. Our recent <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/11\/18\/americas-news-influencers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study of news influencers<\/a> found that the vast majority of people with large followings who regularly post about news and current events on social media are not affiliated with a news organization. This comes amid <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/10\/16\/republicans-young-adults-now-nearly-as-likely-to-trust-info-from-social-media-as-from-national-news-outlets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declining trust in national news organizations<\/a> and as most U.S. adults say these outlets are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/04\/23\/most-americans-say-a-free-press-is-highly-important-to-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">influenced at least somewhat<\/a> by corporate or political interests.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6a9f1556795fc701 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-034e25ca5961bbe4 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-be6bf6e811831ca0 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/02\/06\/how-news-influencers-talked-about-trump-and-harris-during-the-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Center analysis<\/a> looks at <strong>more than 150,000 posts from news influencers<\/strong> published in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, as well as in its aftermath. Most news influencers were talking about both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in this time period, and identical shares were more critical than supportive of each candidate. But there were <strong>more posts about Trump than Harris,<\/strong> and those posts tended to be less critical of him than posts about Harris were of her.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c79ed930ddc227d6 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/02\/06\/how-news-influencers-talked-about-trump-and-harris-during-the-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a> about news influencers\u2019 posts about the candidates.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b21708ccddc0024d wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7fb31b61b193c817 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-65696f3e9e615422 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at how some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/03\/immigration-misinformation-local-journalists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local news outlets are trying to fight<\/a> <strong>misinformation about ICE raids <\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Lara Trump <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/lara-trump-host-weekend-show-fox-news-rcna190852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">host a show on Fox News<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Smaller news outlets<\/strong> focused on the federal workforce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/05\/media\/news-federal-government\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see traffic increases<\/a> as Trump and Musk seek to reshape the federal government<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>FCC <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/business\/media\/cbs-60-minutes-harris-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">releases transcript<\/a> of 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris due to Trump\u2019s lawsuit against CBS<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>White House<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/05\/media\/politico-usaid-subscription-government\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cancel $8 million in Politico subscriptions<\/a> as conspiracy theories spread&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Los Angeles Times<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/02\/los-angeles-times-buyout-offer-1236277959\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offers voluntary buyouts<\/a> to employees who have been at the outlet for two years or longer&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/04\/reuters-major-middle-east-expansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/global\/cnn-expands-middle-east-footprint-new-hub-qatar-1236294920\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a> are expanding in the <strong>Middle East<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a4dc6ef80f58da33 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-148d0a0d055a48b7 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The <strong>Trump administration<\/strong> recently announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/01\/business\/media\/pentagon-press-corps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remove four media organizations from their office spaces in the Pentagon<\/a> as part of a \u201cnew annual media rotation.\u201d The plan asked <strong>NBC News, The New York Times<\/strong>, <strong>NPR <\/strong>and <strong>Politico <\/strong>to vacate their spaces by Feb. 14. They will be replaced by the <strong>New York Post<\/strong>, <strong>One America News<\/strong>, <strong>Breitbart News <\/strong>and <strong>HuffPost.&nbsp;<\/strong><br>&nbsp;<br>Democrats are more likely than Republicans to use the media sources slated for removal. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/10\/10\/where-americans-turn-for-election-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fall 2024 Center survey<\/a>, 53% of Democrats say they use The New York Times as a major or minor source of political and election news, compared with 24% of Republicans. A similar partisan gap exists for those who use NPR and the major TV networks (ABC, CBS or NBC), as well as the cable network MSNBC. The 2024 survey did not ask about Politico, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/u-s-media-polarization-and-the-2020-election-a-nation-divided\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2019 survey<\/a> found that Democrats were more likely than Republicans to both use and trust the outlet. &nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3a9b83d1b8579888 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8a01cf34555d9fcb wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0d54eb6739490327 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>This week\u2019s chart is a look into <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/02\/06\/how-news-influencers-talked-about-trump-and-harris-during-the-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our new analysis<\/a> of the <strong>social media posts made by news influencers<\/strong> in the lead-up to the <strong>2024 presidential election.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7dd6cb094976791a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>News influencers with a <strong>background in the news industry<\/strong> were more likely to take a side (critical or supportive) when discussing Trump than when discussing Harris. And when they did, they were <strong>more likely to be generally critical than supportive of Trump<\/strong> (51% vs. 20%). Influencers <em>without<\/em> a news industry background were also more likely to be critical than supportive of Trump, but only slightly (39% vs. 31%).\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0a9a88f661e56420 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeecea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?w=640\" alt=\"Bar graph showing the percent of news influencers that mentioned each presidential candidate in their posts that were mostly [critical, supportive, or neutral] of the candidate in the lead-up to the 2024 U.S. election. The graph shows that news influencers with newsroom experience were more critical of Trump, while those outside the industry were more critical of Harris.\" class=\"wp-image-198848 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeecea; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"458\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=215,300 215w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=768,1072 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=734,1024 734w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=290,405 290w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=200,279 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=260,363 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=310,433 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=420,586 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=640,893 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=740,1032 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=160,223 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/02\/SR_2024.2.6_news-influencers_0-4.webp?resize=320,446 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-53758625d91cd399 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0f810a9d6e85b6bc wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-444f6b28373ec3fe wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Sarah Naseer, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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