{"id":288895,"date":"2026-02-19T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=288895"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:52:14","slug":"the-briefing-2026-02-19","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2026-02-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Email newsletters as a source of news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3a902281f5a6352f 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-63ae0941bde5e1f8 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-02d35b0fe41f02ae 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> Right-wing media figures sue Washington state House over denied press credentials\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center: <\/strong>Email newsletters as a source of news<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Stephen\u00a0Colbert says CBS pulled interview with Senate candidate over FCC concerns<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Homeland Security seeking info on social media users who criticize ICE<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Americans are far more confident in their own ability to check the accuracy of news than in others<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-bb2a19295b86498c 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-c571b6957988fe85 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-b9dc5dedb4327705 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>Three members of the media in Washington state have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/feature\/olympia-washington-press-corps-statehouse-credentials-lawsuit-brandi-kruse-jonathan-choe-ari-hoffman-correspondents-association-legislature.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed a lawsuit against the state House of Representatives<\/a> after their\u00a0<strong>applications for statehouse press passes were denied over their political advocacy. <\/strong>All three plaintiffs have been involved with both journalism and right-wing advocacy. They\u00a0claim that the denial of press credentials is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khq.com\/news\/conservative-reporters-sue-washington-house-over-press-pass-rejections\/article_217c0e35-9f5a-4418-ad06-420ad28fff9a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a violation of their First Amendment rights<\/a>. But the House clerk, in a rejection letter related to the press passes,\u00a0maintained\u00a0that\u00a0<strong>\u201cthe press should<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>act as an independent observer<\/strong>\u00a0and monitor of the proceedings,\u00a0<strong>not as an involved party.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ae4b78b8d055a72c 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 express mixed views on the question of&nbsp;<strong>whether journalists can also be advocates,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/08\/20\/how-americans-view-journalists-in-the-digital-age\/#americans-hold-mixed-views-on-journalists-as-community-advocates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to a 2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. But they are much less likely to say&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;okay for journalists to&nbsp;<strong>express their political views in their reporting<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 just 13% say this is always or usually acceptable.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d68200bd7acffc4c 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-ce4fb95b71b1f383 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-2fa07b8c13ed3bec 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>Email newsletters have become a familiar format for news. But this pathway to news\u00a0remains\u00a0somewhat niche, and even among Americans who get news from email newsletters, a majority say they\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0end up reading most of the newsletters they receive, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/19\/email-newsletters-as-a-source-of-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Pew Research Center report<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b809c9716fccf01a 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-2225fe6fe7a14e30 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-20c2310a82412c06 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>Stephen Colbert<\/strong>\u00a0says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/02\/17\/colbert-blocked-talarico-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS pulled interview with Senate candidate <\/a>over\u00a0<strong>Federal\u00a0Communications\u00a0Commission\u00a0<\/strong>concerns\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Journalists arrested in Cameroon\u00a0<\/strong>while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/18\/world\/africa\/cameroon-journalists-arrested-deportees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.8EHD.ydtMaFQioXI7&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigating facility holding migrants deported from the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Warner Bros. Discovery\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/netflix-warner-bros-paramount-skydance-fb7d13e9adc09b82da0332d6278c9b96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reopens merger talks<\/a>\u00a0with <strong>Paramount<\/strong> alongside pending\u00a0<strong>Netflix\u00a0<\/strong>deal<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>CNN anchor\u00a0Anderson Cooper\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/02\/16\/anderson-cooper-60-minutes-cbs-exit\/88710368007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaving 60 Minutes<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">German public broadcaster\u00a0<strong>Deutsche Welle<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/germanys-deutsche-welle-loses-millions-111354656.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faces budget cuts<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>The Guardian\u00a0<\/strong>to launch new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/02\/15\/2026\/the-guardian-debuts-new-flagship-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flagship video podcast<\/a>, as\u00a0<strong>Apple\u00a0<\/strong>pivots its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-02-18\/apple-just-officially-ushered-in-podcasting-s-generational-shift?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTQ0NzQzMywiZXhwIjoxNzcyMDUyMjMzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQU5YSENLSVAzS1gwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2RjVFRDg4M0RCMDU0QUQwODc0QTE3MUNBOEI0MUY5NSJ9.alHqG56J8YS89IwNK17oXpBYJdGQ0aCZcm4TMAOfr3A&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podcasting platforms to embrace video<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Crooked<\/strong> <strong>Media <\/strong>podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/ms-now-crooked-media-pod-save-america-tv-1236507197\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to air on MS NOW<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2026\/02\/how-ai-is-transforming-freelance-journalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how AI is transforming<\/a>\u00a0<strong>freelance journalism<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Atlantic\u00a0<\/strong>essay on\u00a0<strong>measles\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/02\/18\/atlantic-measles-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prompts confusion<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0debate about journalism ethics\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3786d84695ed885a 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-6ab8c80142211094 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-17fba1743ffe5e2d 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 Department of Homeland Security has been asking tech companies for information about accounts that criticize or track\u00a0<strong>Immigration and Customs Enforcement,\u00a0<\/strong>according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/13\/technology\/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times report<\/a>. The government has issued hundreds of subpoenas to several companies, including <strong>Google<\/strong> and <strong>Meta<\/strong>, seeking identifying data on individual users.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2023\/10\/18\/how-americans-view-data-privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 Pew Research Center study<\/a>\u00a0explored Americans\u2019\u00a0views on digital privacy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2023\/10\/18\/views-of-data-privacy-risks-personal-data-and-digital-privacy-laws\/#privacy-laws-and-regulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finding that\u00a072%<\/a>\u00a0said they had <strong>little to no understanding about the laws and regulations to protect their data privacy that were in place at the time.<\/strong>\u00a0Majorities of U.S. adults\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2023\/10\/18\/views-of-data-privacy-risks-personal-data-and-digital-privacy-laws\/#feelings-of-concern-confusion-and-a-lack-of-control-over-one-s-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also said<\/a>\u00a0they were concerned about how companies and the government use\u00a0their data.\u00a0And most\u00a0felt\u00a0they had little to no control\u00a0over\u00a0or understanding\u00a0of\u00a0what happens with this data.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5e32605ee8b9b1d8 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-6401f7e8865ce27e 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-5ce2d8bb8ab5ead3 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 a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/americans-complicated-relationship-with-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Pew Research Center study<\/a> of <strong>Americans\u2019 relationship with news,<\/strong>\u00a0which finds that Americans are much more confident in themselves than in other people to check the facts in the news. Most U.S. adults say they are very (29%)\u00a0or somewhat\u00a0(50%) confident\u00a0<em>they<\/em>\u00a0would know what steps to take to verify the accuracy of a news story. But only a quarter\u00a0are\u00a0very (3%)\u00a0or somewhat\u00a0(22%) confident in\u00a0<em>other people\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0ability to do so.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ffab518022f46da1 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-full 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=\"ebe4e5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288946 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebe4e5; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"408\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png 544w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png?resize=300,251 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png?resize=484,405 484w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png?resize=200,167 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png?resize=260,217 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png?resize=310,259 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png?resize=420,351 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png?resize=160,134 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-151541.png?resize=320,268 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1edcf8071234d276 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-ecab0e7cbec97a6b 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-1ce55218c04de05e 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, Christopher St. Aubin, Joanne Haner and Sawyer Reed. It is edited by Michael Lipka and copy edited by Mia Hennen.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-34ad3dc04b349e6d 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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