{"id":238366,"date":"2025-05-08T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=238366"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:57:45","slug":"the-briefing-2025-05-08","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-05-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans&#8217; trust in news organizations and social media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4102bcb7815bfbe0 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-00e36714dee43a5a 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-a290910b9ac7d4ff 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> A papal conclave in the social media age<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> New data on Americans&#8217; trust in information from news organizations and social media<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Department of Education terminates federal grant for PBS children\u2019s shows<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> New company looks to pair streaming with local TV news\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Republicans have become more likely since 2024 to trust info from national news organizations<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2a1a8bc5bcf11694 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-b4f5d2b3abed6340 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-402661c2a7e4212f 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>Robert Francis Prevost, now <strong>Pope Leo XIV<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was selected today<\/a> as the first American leader of the <strong>Roman Catholic Church<\/strong> following the death of Pope Francis. The first conclave since 2013 prompted discussion about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2025\/05\/06\/conclave-news-leaks-media-secrecy-chimney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">whether any news would leak<\/a> from inside the Sistine Chapel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/tiktok-pope-election-papal-conclave-fan-cams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the role of social media<\/a> in\u00a0this global news event. Ahead of Leo&#8217;s selection, social media users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/07\/world\/europe\/pope-conclave-social-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared their opinions<\/a> about possible candidates.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f68396ed45b59138 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 the U.S., most Catholics say they want the church to be more inclusive,<\/strong> even if that means changing some of its teachings, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/04\/30\/most-us-catholics-say-they-want-the-church-to-be-more-inclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. Majorities of U.S. Catholics say the church should allow its members to use birth control, permit priests to marry and ordain women as deacons. But Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly are less supportive of these changes.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2055fe4d5d157bfc 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>During his papacy, the Argentine-born Francis \u2013 the first pope from outside Europe since the eighth century \u2013 appointed cardinals who tilted the leadership structure of the Catholic Church <strong>away from its historic European base.<\/strong> At the beginning of his papacy in 2013, 51% of voting-age cardinals were from Europe, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/21\/under-pope-francis-the-college-of-cardinals-became-less-european\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Center analysis<\/a>. At the time of his death, 40% were European.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-aacc958dd53eff2f 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-c3fc9037b31263fc 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-debb6819f7b2983d 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>Americans are now more likely to trust information from national news organizations, local news organizations and social media sites than they were last year, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/05\/08\/republicans-have-become-more-likely-since-2024-to-trust-information-from-news-outlets-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. These changes are largely driven by an increase in trust among Republicans, which has coincided with President Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-faf584a10a7f49ca 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-9c2d15a95ebf29bd 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-4a4a94985d5173af 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>Department of Education<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/06\/us\/politics\/doe-kills-grant-pbs-childrens-shows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terminates federal grant<\/a> for <strong>PBS <\/strong>children\u2019s shows\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Kari Lake says<strong> Voice of America<\/strong> will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/07\/nx-s1-5389453\/kari-lake-says-oans-far-right-coverage-will-fuel-voice-of-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">broadcast programming<\/a> from <strong>One America News<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Meta <\/strong>reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/meta-blocks-access-muslim-news-234124412.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bans a Muslim news page in India<\/a> at the government\u2019s request\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Columbia student journalist<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/news\/student-journalist-columbia-covered-a-pro-palestine-protest-graduation-under-threat.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faces threat to graduation<\/a> for covering a pro-Palestinian protest\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Influencer briefings<\/strong> at the White House include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/white-house-influencer-briefings-conspiracy-theorists-rcna204437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an overwhelmingly right-leaning group<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">2025 <strong>Pulitzer Prize<\/strong> winners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/05\/2025-pulitzer-winners-for-journalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at <strong>strong revenue reports<\/strong> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/06\/fox-news-revenue-cnn-msnbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/06\/the-guardian-us-expansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/new-york-times-forecasts-quarterly-subscription-revenue-growth-above-estimates-2025-05-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/emerson-college-student-radio-zombie-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scammers hijacked a student radio website<\/a> and turned it into a <strong>zombie AI farm<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e2c935a092c50147 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-72199ff7f5d26b2b 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 news organization is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2025\/05\/the-local-aims-to-reinvent-tv-news-in-four-states-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">looking to transform the business model for local TV news<\/a>. <strong>The Local<\/strong> plans to create a network of new bureaus in every state, <strong>securing funding from contracts with streaming platforms <\/strong>instead of a reliance on advertising. This comes amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/04\/scripps-layoffs-broadcast-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent trend of layoffs<\/a> for local TV news stations, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/pbs-npr-public-media-budgets-trump-executive-order-520549eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potential budget cuts at the national level<\/a> for local public media.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8d718f05a09ed629 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>There is evidence that local TV news audiences have shrunk<\/strong> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/05\/07\/americans-changing-relationship-with-local-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Center study<\/a>: About a third of U.S. adults (32%) say they prefer to get their local news via television, down from 41% in 2018.<br>\u00a0<br>Meanwhile, Americans are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/05\/07\/sources-of-local-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasingly getting local news online<\/a>, even when it comes to content from local TV stations. Among Americans who say they get news from local TV, <strong>a majority (62%) still say they primarily access it on a television set, but 37% say they mainly access that information online<\/strong> \u2013 whether from a TV station\u2019s website, app, email newsletter or social media posts.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3624f9398f1aeba5 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-de05c30fcbb72881 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-3a916d2ebdbd87fe 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&#8217;s chart is from our <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/05\/08\/republicans-have-become-more-likely-since-2024-to-trust-information-from-news-outlets-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new analysis of Americans&#8217; trust<\/a> in information from news organizations and social media.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-37e9d5d6ed5e34d6 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>Americans are now more likely to say they trust information from national news organizations than they were last year. This is largely driven by an increase in trust among Republicans: Around half (53%) now say they have at least some trust in national news organizations, a 13 percentage point increase from September 2024. Between 2016 and 2024, Republicans\u2019 trust in the national news media declined substantially.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1ada0d25323dd973 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>Still, Republicans remain much less likely than Democrats (81%) to trust national news organizations. Levels of trust among Democrats have remained relatively stable over the past decade.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b83a8e9fc4268956 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/SR_25.05.08_media-trust_1.png\" alt=\"Republicans have become more likely since 2024 to trust info from news organizations, social media sites\" class=\"ng-image\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"420\" height=\"522\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-924f2093701906c1 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"ng-image\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-553b70e692da421d 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-3cf4d8c186239232 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-acf1e446912e7809 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, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. It is edited by Michael Lipka and copy edited by Anna Jackson.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-68d8edd0bd12c46c 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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