{"id":296360,"date":"2026-03-26T16:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=296360"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:34:16","slug":"the-briefing-2026-03-26","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2026-03-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do Americans turn first for information about breaking news?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c24a7ffe37d08f90 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-5ec15dbdc2282227 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-2d0fd98885f63488 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> FCC approves Nexstar-Tegna local TV merger amid state\u00a0suits<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong>: Where do Americans turn first for information about breaking news?<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Jury holds Meta and YouTube liable in social media addiction case<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> CBS News Radio\u00a0to shut down<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Discussion of news and politics on U.S. religious radio<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c81ccaecb08af531 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-7046c56cb8a30479 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-182010d0c512760d 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 Federal Communications\u00a0Commission\u00a0last week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nextstar-tegna-television-regulation-lawsuit-a6fa29ed77fec7fbd4461a4988dd6730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approved the merger<\/a>\u00a0of two major local television companies,\u00a0allowing\u00a0<strong>Nexstar\u00a0Media Group\u00a0to buy\u00a0Tegna for\u00a0$6.2 billion.\u00a0<\/strong>The deal creates a\u00a0<strong>local TV news giant\u00a0<\/strong>that will own 265 stations in 44 states.\u00a0In recent weeks, attorneys general in eight states sued to block the merger,\u00a0arguing that\u00a0it would\u00a0raise prices for consumers and hamper local journalism.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d976983b825e8c16 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>TV\u00a0remains\u00a0a major source of local news for Americans, although it has declined in prominence.\u00a0<\/strong>About a third of U.S. adults (32%) prefer TV over any other platform for local news, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/05\/07\/sources-of-local-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0down from 41% in 2018, though TV\u00a0remains\u00a0Americans\u2019 most preferred source for\u00a0this type of\u00a0news, ahead of news\u00a0websites\/apps and social media.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7066854399d46150 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\u00a0Americans (64%) get local news\u00a0and information\u00a0from TV news stations at least sometimes, down from 70% in 2018. Among those who get news\u00a0this way, 62% primarily use a traditional TV set, although a growing share\u00a0access\u00a0that news\u00a0digitally (such as through a website,\u00a0app\u00a0or social media site).\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-82ef828cc7705333 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-45d2aada32bf6bc4 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-3ad79781499cd07b 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>When a\u00a0<strong>breaking news event<\/strong>\u00a0happens, 36% of U.S. adults say they typically turn first to their\u00a0<strong>preferred news organization<\/strong>\u00a0to get more information, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2026\/03\/24\/where-do-americans-turn-first-for-information-about-breaking-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>\u00a0from the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/collections\/pew-knight-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew-Knight Initiative<\/a>. Another 28%\u00a0head for a\u00a0<strong>search engine<\/strong>\u00a0like Google, and 19%\u00a0look to\u00a0<strong>social media<\/strong>\u00a0first.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-abf762b1b99adb38 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>Young adults, however,&nbsp;are&nbsp;more likely&nbsp;to&nbsp;say they turn to&nbsp;search engines or social media&nbsp;for breaking news than&nbsp;to a specific news&nbsp;organization.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-70b5fa339c73dbb3 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-dca56a49cef9fa7d 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-ac0299f83fd22d41 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\">Jury holds\u00a0<strong>Meta\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>YouTube\u00a0<\/strong>liable in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/25\/technology\/social-media-trial-verdict.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media addiction case<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Judge\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/20\/nx-s1-5755120\/pentagon-press-policy-new-york-times-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rules in favor of New\u00a0York\u00a0Times<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in lawsuit against <strong>Pentagon, <\/strong>which responded by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pentagon-policy-news-reporters-hegseth-85b3c3cc7c71962d493037e69531d6fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closing office spaces for journalists<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Supreme Court\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/23\/nx-s1-5757440\/supreme-court-press-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declines to review Texas law<\/a>\u00a0allowing law enforcement to\u00a0<strong>arrest reporters\u00a0<\/strong>who get information from government employees\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Voice of America staff<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/03\/23\/voice-of-america-lawsuit-trump-firewall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sue federal government<\/a>, alleging\u00a0<strong>Kari Lake <\/strong>violated its independence\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Veteran\u00a0<strong>podcasters\u00a0<\/strong>are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/the-veteran-podcasters-hanging-up-their-headphones-0b1070e1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/the-veteran-podcasters-hanging-up-their-headphones-0b1070e1\">moving away from the medium<\/a>\u00a0amid industry shifts\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Matt Brittin,\u00a0<\/strong>former Google executive,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bbc-new-director-b455487b304f1177745d18bba42cd2a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">named new head<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>BBC<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Australian Broadcasting Corporation\u00a0<\/strong>staff\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/australasia\/abc-staff-strike-action-demands-australia-b2945126.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strike over pay<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>ProPublica\u00a0<\/strong>union\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2026\/03\/propublicas-union-authorizes-the-first-u-s-newsroom-strike-over-ai-protections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">votes to authorize strike<\/a>\u00a0unless\u00a0<strong>AI-related layoffs<\/strong>\u00a0are banned\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at the use of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/tow_center\/did-i-really-say-that-dutch-journalist-ai-fabricate-quotes-vandermeersch-mediahuis.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI-fabricated quotes<\/a>\u00a0in journalism<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b26bafe3370fe0d1 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-31a226b90fee1487 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-86ae890081ee4949 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>CBS News Radio<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/21\/business\/media\/cbs-news-radio-appraisal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plans to shut down this spring<\/a>\u00a0after\u00a0nearly a\u00a0century on the air.\u00a0The\u00a0closure\u00a0will affect hundreds of local stations around the country\u00a0that use\u00a0its\u00a0national\u00a0news\u00a0content.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Although just 5% of Americans say they\u00a0<em>prefer\u00a0<\/em>to get their news via radio over any other platform, 44% say they get news this\u00a0way sometimes\u00a0or often, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/news-platform-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>.\u00a0And\u00a0<strong>radio stations continue\u00a0to be an important\u00a0source of\u00a0<em>local\u00a0<\/em>news<\/strong>\u00a0for many Americans: 52%\u00a0say\u00a0they\u00a0get\u00a0local news\u00a0this\u00a0way\u00a0at least\u00a0sometimes,\u00a0according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/05\/07\/sources-of-local-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">separate\u00a0Center\u00a0study from 2024<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6e694d7a2753e6e0 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-32d3f12ee540282d 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-96c466281e60dcfe 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\u00a0our content analysis examining\u00a0thousands of\u00a0<strong>AM and FM\u00a0religious radio stations across America,\u00a0<\/strong>part of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/data-labs\/2026\/03\/26\/religious-radio-across-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new report<\/a> from the Pew-Knight Initiative.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ab6c8fa258c92899 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>Religious radio stations devote airtime to a range of\u00a0programming,\u00a0from music\u00a0and\u00a0sermons to traditional talk shows. News\u00a0and politics are among the\u00a0many\u00a0topics\u00a0these stations\u00a0address, though some\u00a0place\u00a0much\u00a0more of a focus on these\u00a0than others.\u00a0<strong>Overall,\u00a0religious radio stations discuss news and politics for an average of\u00a0about\u00a0two hours per day<\/strong>,\u00a0often through the lens of religion.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-96d96045dd39ea67 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-418d2b9fa1fbe35e wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=296361\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4e3e5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/03\/religious_radio_programming_discusses_a_range_of_topics_through_a_religious_lens.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296361 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4e3e5; 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