{"id":202147,"date":"2025-03-13T14:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=202147"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:31:03","slug":"the-briefing-2025-03-13","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-03-13\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo columnist resigns over column criticizing Bezos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9b46ca646c1f9947 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-d8c488899f9684fe 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-18f0c9d36aa664ca 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> Washington Post columnist resigns after column critical of Bezos was scrapped<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> BBC leaders argue for state funding for World Service<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Meta to begin community fact-checking in U.S.<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> How Americans viewed COVID-19 news in March 2020<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e4114749db4a8f30 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-66e525875b6cf06d 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-09d6a761e323abc1 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>Ruth Marcus, a longtime editor and columnist for the Washington Post opinion section,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/essay\/why-ruth-marcus-left-the-washington-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resigned on Monday<\/a>&nbsp;after her&nbsp;<strong>column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos\u2019 changes to the section was scrapped.<\/strong>&nbsp;Bezos&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/washington-post-owner-bezos-says-opinion-pages-shift-from-broad-focus-to-will-defend-free-market-and-personal-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced last month<\/a>&nbsp;that the opinion section would begin writing in \u201csupport and defense\u201d of \u201cpersonal liberties and free markets\u201d and would not publish viewpoints opposing those principles. Writing to Bezos and publisher Will Lewis, who she says killed her column,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/10\/business\/media\/washington-post-ruth-marcus-resigns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marcus warned<\/a>&nbsp;that the Post\u2019s new policy&nbsp;<strong>\u201cthreatens to break the trust of readers that columnists are writing what they believe, and not what the owners has deemed acceptable.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1e14cc9868975730 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>Amid&nbsp;<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\">declines in Americans\u2019 trust<\/a>&nbsp;in news organizations, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2022\/06\/14\/journalists-sense-turmoil-in-their-industry-amid-continued-passion-for-their-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. journalists<\/a>&nbsp;found that&nbsp;<strong>just 14% of journalists said they think the U.S. public has a great deal or fair amount of trust in the information it gets from news organizations&nbsp;<\/strong>these days. Most said that Americans as a whole have either some trust (44%) or little to no trust (42%).&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ac2755cdaf8e8736 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>Another&nbsp;<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\">survey conducted last year<\/a>&nbsp;indicated one possible source of this distrust: 84% of Americans said they believe that U.S. news organizations are at least somewhat&nbsp;<strong>influenced by corporations and financial interests<\/strong>, including 51% who said they are influenced a great deal in this way.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a39e2c9bf90acfe2 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-6f5b0220d887bd21 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-2fed6327310af5d0 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>BBC leaders <\/strong>argue World Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/mar\/12\/bbc-world-service-funding-call-counter-disinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">should be fully state-funded<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Wikipedia volunteer editors<\/strong> splintering over \u201cedit wars\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-03-07\/wikipedia-editors-struggle-to-moderate-conflict-in-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">framing of current events in Gaza and Israel<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2025\/03\/11\/anas-baba-npr-gaza-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">profile of Anas Baba<\/a>, one of the few journalists working full time for a U.S. outlet still in <strong>Gaza<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">How <strong>Trump administration\u2019s proposed tariffs<\/strong> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/analysis\/tariffs-canada-newsprint.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affecting newspapers<\/a> &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Judge allows <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/08\/judge-allows-authors-ai-copyright-lawsuit-against-meta-to-move-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>AI copyright lawsuit<\/strong><\/a> from authors to move forward<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Vermont lawmakers <\/strong>introduce bill requiring the state to buy more ads <a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/03\/11\/vermont-news-media-ask-the-state-to-buy-local\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funding Vermont news organizations<\/a> &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Wesley Lowery<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/news\/wesley-lowery-exits-investigative-reporting-workshop-and-american-university-following-title-ix-allegations.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaves Investigative Reporting Workshop<\/a> after allegations of misconduct&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3d845b87b5ce9412 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-bdf579ef8152949f 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-12323693d875c3bd 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>Meta<\/strong> will <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/13\/meta-is-launching-community-notes-in-the-us-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">soon begin rolling out<\/a> its new <strong>Community Notes<\/strong> program in the U.S. The system will <strong>rely on users to flag false or misleading information<\/strong> posted on the company&#8217;s platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6e41ee833708d6e5 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 comes amid <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/02\/19\/how-americans-view-elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">relatively negative views<\/a> toward <strong>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> in the U.S. Two-thirds of Americans say they have a very or mostly unfavorable opinion of Zuckerberg, while just a quarter have a favorable view.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7a3db0b3331e9c01 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>Most people who say they regularly get news on <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/06\/12\/facebook-users-experiences-with-news\/#views-about-news-on-facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/06\/12\/instagram-users-experiences-with-news\/#views-about-news-on-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> \u2013 including majorities of both Democrats and Republicans \u2013 report <strong>seeing news there that seems inaccurate<\/strong> at least sometimes, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/06\/12\/how-americans-get-news-on-tiktok-x-facebook-and-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a12b9e89e583c188 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-5d095cee9adb6943 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-a50ffedb11261959 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>Today marks the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/02\/12\/5-years-later-america-looks-back-at-the-impact-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">five-year anniversary<\/a> of when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/03\/13\/politics\/donald-trump-emergency\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first Trump administration announced<\/a> a nationwide emergency to allocate resources to combat the spread of COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e0e192bf678f2acd 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>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/03\/18\/americans-immersed-in-covid-19-news-most-think-media-are-doing-fairly-well-covering-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 Center survey<\/a> conducted the same week, <strong>about nine-in-ten Americans (89%) were following news about the outbreak very or fairly closely.<\/strong> While 70% said at the time that the news media had covered COVID-19 at least somewhat well, a majority also said that the media had either greatly (37%) or slightly (25%) exaggerated the risks of the virus. And about half (48%) said they had seen at least some made-up news about COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-35acd070f6ae0992 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=\"e7e3e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?w=640\" alt=\"A graphic showing how 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.\" class=\"wp-image-202148 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e7e3e3; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"420\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=197,300 197w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=768,1170 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=672,1024 672w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=266,405 266w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=200,305 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=260,396 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=310,472 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=420,640 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=640,975 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=740,1128 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=160,244 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2020.03.18_Coronavirus-News1_0-01.png?resize=320,488 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d0f4f730afa5d266 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>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/02\/12\/5-years-later-america-looks-back-at-the-impact-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how America has changed since the start of COVID-19<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d882a92389893e0e 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-6cd6220443524617 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-0e520002ef1794dd 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. It is edited by Michael Lipka and copy edited by David Kent.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c1456114773746c0 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>Do you like this newsletter? 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