{"id":269416,"date":"2025-07-03T15:52:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=269416"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:06:50","slug":"the-briefing-2025-07-03","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-07-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount agrees to pay $16M to settle Trump lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-272f5296b8fe2c82 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-ca4361ea7e0e2cb2 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-12b7541326c697fc 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> Paramount settles lawsuit with Trump<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> San Francisco billionaire expands news portfolio<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Republicans\u2019 domestic policy bill won\u2019t block state AI regulations<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Far more Americans use streaming services than cable or satellite TV subscriptions<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f3c602cfc5a43c3a 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-4e466328a825cc23 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-e4fffbfcecc66531 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>Paramount<\/strong> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/02\/business\/media\/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreed to pay $16 million<\/a> to <strong>President Donald Trump<\/strong> in order to settle his <strong>lawsuit against CBS News, <\/strong>which arose over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris in the lead-up to the 2024 election. While a spokesman said the president is holding \u201cthe fake news media accountable,\u201d critics of the settlement have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/02\/paramount-settlement-press-freedom-00437677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacked Paramount<\/a> for not pushing back against what they call a frivolous lawsuit.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-58f4fe906baffb85 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>As is the case for other TV networks, there is a wide partisan gap in the share of Americans who say they use and trust CBS News, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/cbs_news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Pew Research Center study<\/a> that looked at 30 major news sources. While more than half of Democrats (56%) trust CBS News as a source of news, 23% of Republicans say the same.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-eb8b83aef0bf986f 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 lawsuit saga has not only raised concerns about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/what-paramounts-multi-million-dollar-settlement-with-trump-means-for-press-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state of press freedom<\/a> in the U.S., but some have questioned the business motivations behind the deal. Paramount is currently awaiting approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/warren-investigation-paramount-trump-settlement-bribery-1236446129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">merger with Skydance Media<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-140290442cc22d0a 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>Large majorities of Americans believe U.S. news organizations are at least somewhat influenced by corporations and financial interests (85%) and by the government and political interests (86%), according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/24\/americans-remain-concerned-about-press-freedoms-but-partisan-views-have-flipped-since-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> from earlier this year. These shares include over half of Americans who say news organizations are influenced <em>a great deal <\/em>by corporate (55%) and political (57%) interests.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8153a9674effedb3 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-af95b5047dce78af 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-219775cbc7bba06e 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>The San Francisco Standard,<\/strong> co-founded by billionaire Michael Moritz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/30\/business\/media\/michael-moritz-san-francisco-standard-charter.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acquires digital news site<\/a> focused on the <strong>future of work<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Trump <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-lawsuit-iowa-poll-ann-selzer-des-moines-register-kamala-harris-rcna216078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moves lawsuit<\/a> against Iowa pollster and <strong>The Des Moines Register <\/strong>to state court&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Trump administration<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/trump-voa-layoffs-errors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rescinds layoffs<\/a> at <strong>Voice of America<\/strong> after notice errors, but will attempt again&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Media figures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/jul\/02\/more-than-400-media-figures-urge-bbc-board-to-remove-robbie-gibb-over-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">call for removal<\/a> of <strong>BBC <\/strong>board member, claiming conflict of interest in <strong>Gaza <\/strong>reporting&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Spanish-language journalist<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/journalist-detained-immigration-ice-mario-guevara-atlanta-81fa79341c3b910db9b200d214f708f8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">granted bond<\/a> after being arrested while covering protest near Atlanta&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>X <\/strong>launches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/696210\/x-community-notes-ai-note-writers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cAI Note Writers\u201d<\/a> for Community Notes&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">International journalist launches <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ferguson-journalism-startup-video-news-2fbf68c367a34aac503cbb122b33d272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Substack-like journalism platform<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-155c7bc4b752b916 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-6eba715d939b0d11 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\u00a0<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a499e0f6691ce45e 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 major budget bill championed by the president and his GOP allies has passed Congress, but not before the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/01\/tech\/senate-strikes-ai-regulation-moratorium-agenda-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly unanimously removed a provision<\/a> that <strong>would have prevented states from enforcing their own regulations on artificial intelligence for 10 years.<\/strong> While tech leaders and interest groups have argued that a patchwork of state regulations would slow technological development, the sponsors of the amendment worried that the moratorium would prevent companies from being held accountable for the potential harmful effects of AI.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5c140feaab674f97 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>Both U.S. adults and AI experts who we <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2025\/04\/03\/how-the-us-public-and-ai-experts-view-artificial-intelligence\/#regulation-and-responsible-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surveyed last year<\/a> are much more likely to express <strong>concern that the U.S. will not go far enough in regulating AI use<\/strong> than they are to worry regulations will go too far.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c65cec24047aea0b 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 debate comes at a time when news publishers are <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/02\/chatgpt-referrals-to-news-sites-are-growing-but-not-enough-to-offset-search-declines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seeing increased referrals<\/a> to their sites from AI chatbots like ChatGPT. Americans are pessimistic about the technology\u2019s long-term <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/28\/americans-largely-foresee-ai-having-negative-effects-on-news-journalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">effect on news and the journalism profession<\/a>. Roughly half of U.S. adults say AI will have a <strong>very (24%) or somewhat (26%) negative impact on the news people get<\/strong> in the U.S. over the next 20 years, while just 10% say it\u2019ll have a positive effect.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d7687e3909f867f3 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-df6df07317422ce7 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-f5a320bfc2b1f6bd 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 comes from the Center\u2019s\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/07\/01\/83-of-us-adults-use-streaming-services-far-fewer-subscribe-to-cable-or-satellite-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new survey<\/a>\u202fon how Americans use streaming services and TV subscriptions.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ef45d2ac37742671 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>Most U.S. adults (83%) report using streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video,\u202f<\/strong>with 55% saying they use these services\u202fand <em>do not\u202f<\/em>subscribe\u202fto cable or satellite TV. Meanwhile, far fewer (36%) subscribe to cable or satellite at all, including just 8% who say they have this kind of subscription and do not ever use streaming services.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-019bb004561fde8f 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=\"e2e8e9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?w=640\" alt=\"Just over half of Americans watch streaming services but do not subscribe to cable or satellite TV\" class=\"wp-image-269419 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e2e8e9; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"499\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=300,256 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=768,655 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=475,405 475w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=200,170 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=260,222 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=310,264 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=420,358 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=640,546 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=740,631 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=160,136 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/SR_25.07.01_streaming_2.png?resize=320,273 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-799381a92fd9e803 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-fd383c6400a22673 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-dff8043afe121f4b 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, Joanne Haner, 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-5ffde04f317b4f14 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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