{"id":277182,"date":"2025-10-16T15:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=277182"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:40:55","slug":"the-briefing-2025-10-16","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-10-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Media outlets including Fox News refuse to sign Pentagon\u2019s press policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-629d6052c549c6c0 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-7d7d860ad1ada950 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-439af20953f6d4ba 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> Media outlets including Fox News refuse to sign Pentagon\u2019s press policy<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> How Americans feel about the news they get<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> NBC News Group cuts 2% of workforce before MSNBC and CNBC are spun off<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Email newsletter 1440 expanding into explainers<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> More Republicans now say calling people out on social media represents accountability<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f7ff016fff55a91b 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-eff0a7a1b531d828 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-61c44a8a36a08e84 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>Fox News,<\/strong> the former employer of <strong>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,<\/strong> joined a group of news outlets&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/10\/16\/more-than-100-people-cover-pentagon-only-15-signed-its-new-press-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refusing to sign the Pentagon\u2019s new press policy<\/a>&nbsp;that prohibits journalists from gathering or reporting information not officially authorized for release. Several other major TV networks joined Fox News in issuing a statement condemning the new rules as a threat to the free press. And most other outlets credentialed to cover the Pentagon \u2013 including Newsmax, The Washington Times and The Daily Caller \u2013 turned in their press passes rather than complying with the policy.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9a89a5b2f6089976 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 majority of Americans have long said that criticism from news organizations keeps political leaders from doing things that shouldn\u2019t be done. In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/12\/02\/most-americans-continue-to-say-media-scrutiny-keeps-politicians-from-doing-things-they-shouldnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>, 74% of U.S. adults <strong>affirmed this so-called \u201cwatchdog role\u201d for the media.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ea2ec70e6d74d01b 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 Americans also expressed similar views in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/08\/20\/what-do-americans-want-from-their-news-providers\/#what-roles-do-americans-expect-their-news-providers-to-fulfill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 survey<\/a>. About seven-in-ten U.S. adults say the people they get news from should definitely (41%) or probably (31%) keep an eye on powerful people. And an even larger share say their news providers should definitely (64%) or probably (20%) correct false or misleading information from public figures.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-cc796c7e0d380140 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-3d1ce840d0aacf6f 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-a649a4bc8b6c1134 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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/10\/15\/how-americans-say-the-news-they-get-makes-them-feel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new analysis of Pew Research Center survey data<\/a>&nbsp;shows that <strong>Americans have mixed emotional responses to the news they get.&nbsp;<\/strong>And those responses vary based on how closely they follow the news.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-67bab85ba837cd71 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-8ad4a72fb7669a31 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-864cd36914deb717 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>NBC News Group<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/nbc-news-layoffs-jobs-cut-ahead-msnbc-cnbc-split-versant-1236401602\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lays off around 150 employees<\/a> before <strong>MSNBC <\/strong>and <strong>CNBC <\/strong>are separated from NBC News<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Indiana University<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/education\/2025\/10\/15\/indiana-university-orders-student-newspaper-ids-to-stop-printing\/86709732007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">orders halt on printing of student newspaper<\/a>, fires director of student media<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong>&nbsp;declines <strong>Alex Jones\u2019 <\/strong>challenge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-supreme-court-rejects-alex-jones-challenge-14-billion-defamation-judgment-2025-10-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1.4 billion defamation judgment<\/a>&nbsp;in Sandy Hook case<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/10\/09\/judge-orders-halt-dhs-agents-targeting-journalists-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temporarily blocks federal agents from using riot control weapons<\/a> against <strong>Chicago journalists <\/strong>covering protests and immigration enforcement efforts<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">How <strong>President Donald Trump<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/10\/11\/trump-press-antifa-maga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including friendly media<\/a> at the <strong>White House<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>CNN <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/cnn-subscription-service-launch-1236588685\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces \u201call access\u201d subscriptions<\/a> at $6.99 per month<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>CBS News <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/cbs-news-standards-chief-exit-claudia-milne-1236554051\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news standards chief departs<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Italian news publishers<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/oct\/16\/google-ai-overviews-italian-news-publishers-demand-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">call for investigation<\/a> into <strong>Google AI Overviews\u2019<\/strong> digital traffic impact<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-988884208b63840c wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-809e560c573b8776 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-0e5f6a331cdce99c 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&nbsp;<strong>email newsletter 1440<\/strong>&nbsp;has generated 4.5 million newsletter subscribers since its launch in 2017 with its daily news curation model. Three-in-ten Americans say they get at least sometimes from email newsletters, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/news-platform-fact-sheet\/#who-uses-each-news-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center survey<\/a>, including 6% who say they do so often.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6a7180cf7973558f 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>Now, 1440 is <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/media\/why-1440-is-evolving-from-a-newsletter-company-to-a-destination-of-explainers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adding a growing collection of news explainers<\/a> on topics it thinks readers want to know more about. Its CEO, Tim Huelskamp, praised the work of journalists doing original reporting, but also said that \u201cno one can find\u201d their stories and that \u201csomeone needs to be the connective tissue in the industry.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c82ca68f38433be1 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 split on whether people who do that kind of news curation are \u201cjournalists,\u201d reflecting broader uncertainty about what the term means in the digital era. Four-in-ten U.S. adults say they do&nbsp;<em>not&nbsp;<\/em>consider someone who primarily compiles and shares other people\u2019s reporting on current events to be a journalist, while 36% they do <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/08\/20\/what-makes-someone-a-journalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">think of that person as a journalist<\/a>. An additional 23% say they aren\u2019t sure.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-340298f750d1876d 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>Opinions are also divided on whether someone who writes their own newsletter about news is a journalist, although the balance tilts slightly in the other direction, with more Americans saying that person is a journalist (40%) than isn\u2019t (34%).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-af7cc64570b9c4dd 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-5baebe862709f2d4 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-957b6ca32598e8f6 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 looks at a shift in views: More Republicans now say calling people out on social media represents accountability. A majority of U.S. adults (56%) say that those who call out others on social media for posts that might be considered offensive are mainly holding people accountable for their actions, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/10\/15\/in-a-shift-more-republicans-now-say-calling-people-out-on-social-media-represents-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a September Center survey<\/a>. A smaller share (40%) say those who do this are more likely to punish people who don\u2019t deserve it.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3a7caeece35b2aa6 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 in 2022 and 2020, Democrats were more likely than Republicans to see users posting these callouts as mainly holding people accountable. Today, however, the partisan gap in these views has essentially disappeared.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a187b1b13f21dd29 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f5a0bf3558f1e8a2 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=\"e5e2e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?w=640\" alt=\"A diverging bar chart showing that similar shares of Republicans and Democrats now say calling out others on social media for posting potentially offensive content holds them accountable.\" class=\"wp-image-277073 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e2e2; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"450\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=296,300 296w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=768,779 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=399,405 399w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=200,203 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=260,264 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=310,314 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=420,426 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=640,649 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=740,751 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=75,75 75w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=160,162 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/10\/SR_25.10.15_social-callout_1.png?resize=320,325 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e78b493c0cf7ab95 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-fa01f4154bbb3cd3 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\u2019s all for this week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-772cac3c45e0fa6a 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, Emily Tomasik and Joanne Haner. 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