{"id":87895,"date":"2020-01-24T11:58:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2020\/01\/24\/views-about-ukraine-impeachment-story-connect-closely-with-where-americans-get-their-news\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:15:04","slug":"views-about-ukraine-impeachment-story-connect-closely-with-where-americans-get-their-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/views-about-ukraine-impeachment-story-connect-closely-with-where-americans-get-their-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Views about Ukraine-impeachment story connect closely with where Americans get their news"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image \"><a href='https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/Public-opinion-about-facial-recognition_topline.pdf'>Public opinion about facial recognition_topline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_78436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78436\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/house-intelligence-committee-continues-open-impeachment-hearings\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78436\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" data-dominant-color=\"e6e5e7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e6e5e7;\" class=\"wp-image-78436\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/PJ_2020.01.24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_featured.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of former State Department special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker waiting to testify before the House Intelligence Committee in November 2019.\" ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-78436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former State Department special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker waits to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in November 2019. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may not be surprising that many Democrats and Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2019\/12\/17\/in-a-politically-polarized-era-sharp-divides-in-both-partisan-coalitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hold divergent views<\/a> of President Donald Trump\u2019s behavior and motives in withholding military aid to Ukraine \u2013 the issue at the heart of the impeachment saga. But in today\u2019s fragmented news media environment, party identification may not be the only fault line.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-callout has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/02\/12\/confidence-in-public-acceptance-of-election-results-connects-to-following-political-news-relying-on-social-media\/pathways_datatool_featured-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79005\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79005\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/Pathways_dataTool_featured-1.png\" alt=\"\" ><\/a><\/figure><h4 id=\"want-to-see-more-data-on-these-questions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to see more data on these questions?<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To analyze these survey questions by additional media habits and demographic characteristics, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pathways-2020\/\">interactive tool<\/a> and access the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/dataset\/election-news-pathways-november-2019-survey\/\">dataset<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news diets of Democrats and Republicans \u2013 that is, what sources they look to for news \u2013 are tied to perceptions of the president\u2019s actions regarding Ukraine, as well as the actions there by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who Trump had asked Ukraine\u2019s government to investigate, according to a new analysis of data from Pew Research Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/topics\/election-news-pathways\/\">Election News Pathways project<\/a>. The project is the Center\u2019s yearlong initiative focusing on how Americans\u2019 news habits and attitudes relate to what they hear, perceive and know about the 2020 U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current analysis stems from a survey of 12,043 U.S. adults who are members of the Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/methods\/2019\/02\/27\/growing-and-improving-pew-research-centers-american-trends-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Trends Panel<\/a>, conducted from Oct. 29 to Nov. 11, 2019 \u2013 a period during which the U.S. House of Representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/fd2765706ced4eb29c8737348c64d55c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted to formalize impeachment rules<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/d3e414b0e5d94cff96046cf4f0ae30c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released some depositions<\/a> from key witnesses. In addition to several questions related to how much people had heard about various Ukraine events and their views about why certain actions were taken, respondents were asked about their use of 30 different news outlets for political and election news in the past week. Based on this data, researchers analyzed the mix of sources people turned to for news, as well as the political composition of each outlet\u2019s audience. (Please see the adjacent box for details on the study design.)<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"looking-at-partisans-news-diets\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;looking-at-partisans-news-diets&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>Looking at partisans\u2019 news diets<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The categories in this analysis come from a study of how partisans are turning to different outlets for political and election news.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of the 30 news outlets included in Pew Research Center\u2019s Election News Pathways project is grouped according to the political composition of its audience. An outlet is considered to have a left-leaning audience if the portion of its audience members who are liberal Democrats (including leaners) is at least two-thirds greater than the portion who identify as conservative Republicans; if the reverse is true, the outlet is classified as having a right-leaning audience, and if neither is true, the outlet is classified as having a more mixed audience.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Audience data is derived from those who say they got political and election news from an outlet in the past week. Using this method, six of the 30 news outlets analyzed have audiences who lean to the right politically (including Breitbart and Fox News); 17 have audiences who lean left (including The New York Times and Vice); and seven have mixed audiences (including ABC, CBS and NBC News). Learn <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/election-news-pathways-frequently-asked-questions\/#featured-news-outlets\">how we chose the 30 news sources<\/a> featured in our project and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/election-news-pathways-frequently-asked-questions\/#ideological-composition-of-news-outlets-audiences\">see the full list by audience composition<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (Dem\/Lean Dem) and Republicans and Republican leaners (Rep\/Lean Rep) are each divided into three groups based on which news sources they turned to for political and election news in the past week. Those who didn\u2019t get news from any of the 30 outlets in the past week are in a separate group. The portion of Americans in each group is as follows:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/views-about-ukraine-impeachment-story-connect-closely-with-where-americans-get-their-news\/pj_2020-01-24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78398\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f4f4f5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f4f4f5;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-78398 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/PJ_2020.01.24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-01.png\" alt=\"\" ><\/a><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more detail about these measurements and this study, see <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/election-news-pathways-frequently-asked-questions\/\">the FAQ<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/election-news-pathways-methodology\/\">methodology<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who got political news only from outlets with right-leaning audiences had different responses to a survey question about the reason Trump withheld Ukraine aid than did Republicans who got news from some outlets with more mixed or left-leaning audiences. The differences in assessing Trump\u2019s motives don\u2019t stand out as much among Democrats and Democratic leaners with different media consumption habits.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The variation in views about Biden\u2019s involvement in Ukraine was also noteworthy among Republicans with different media consumption habits. Also striking was how many more Republicans had heard about Biden\u2019s storylines than Democrats. This was especially the case when comparing Republicans and Democrats who got news only from outlets with right- and left-leaning audiences, respectively. That exposure gap is evident in how Biden\u2019s actions were viewed.<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;partisan-views-of-why-trump-withheld-ukraine-aid-differ-by-media-diet&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"partisan-views-of-why-trump-withheld-ukraine-aid-differ-by-media-diet\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partisan views of why Trump withheld Ukraine aid differ by media diet<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question of why Trump withheld aid to Ukraine during the summer of 2019 is a focal point of the political debate surrounding impeachment.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/views-about-ukraine-impeachment-story-connect-closely-with-where-americans-get-their-news\/pj_2020-01-24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78399\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dfdfe2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dfdfe2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" class=\"wp-image-78399 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/PJ_2020.01.24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-02.png\" alt=\"Chart shows that partisans with different media diets give different reasons for Trump\u2019s actions in Ukraine\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked, based on what they heard or read in the news, which of two reasons came closest to why Trump temporarily withheld U.S. aid to Ukraine, responses differed depending on news diet.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About two-thirds of Republicans and Republican leaners who got their political news only from media outlets with right-leaning audiences (65%) said he did it to advance a U.S. policy to reduce corruption in Ukraine. Just 10% of these Republicans said Trump withheld the aid to help his reelection campaign (23% said they weren\u2019t sure).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Republicans who got political news from a combination of outlet types \u2013 some of which have right-leaning audiences and some which have mixed and\/or left-leaning audiences \u2013 that gap narrows significantly. About half (46%) cited the advancement of U.S. policy, and 24% cited political gain. What\u2019s more, Republicans who did not get news from any sources with right-leaning audiences (but did get news from outlets with mixed and\/or left-leaning audiences) were more likely to say it was for political gain than to advance U.S. policy (34% vs. 21%), while 43% of Republicans in this group were not sure why he did it.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Democrats and Democratic leaners, those who got political news only on outlets with left-leaning audiences and those who got news from outlets with left-leaning audiences plus others that have mixed and\/or right-leaning audiences responded similarly. Roughly three-quarters of Democrats in each of these groups (75% and 77%, respectively) said Trump withheld aid to help his reelection effort, while very small minorities of these Democrats (4% and 3%, respectively) cited reducing corruption as the president\u2019s intent.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/views-about-ukraine-impeachment-story-connect-closely-with-where-americans-get-their-news\/pj_2020-01-24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-03\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78400\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0eded\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0eded;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" class=\"wp-image-78400 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/PJ_2020.01.24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-03.png\" alt=\"Chart shows that majorities of most partisan news groups heard a lot about three Trump-related Ukraine storylines\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats who did not get political news from any outlets with left-leaning audiences (but got news from outlets with mixed or right-leaning audiences) stood apart. About half (49%) said Trump withheld aid to help his campaign, while 41% said they weren\u2019t sure of his motives (7% said it was to reduce corruption).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These within-party differences hold true even when accounting for ideology within party. For example, conservative Republicans who got political news only from outlets with right-leaning audiences were more likely to say that Trump was rooting out corruption than were conservative Republicans who got news from outlets with other audience compositions.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to views about motives, the study also asked people how much they had heard about certain Ukraine storylines, including three that involved Trump: his decision to withhold aid, his decision to ask Ukraine to investigate the Bidens and the whistleblower\u2019s report.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Majorities of both Democrats who got news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences and Republicans who got news only from outlets with right-leaning audiences \u2013 two groups with very different news diets \u2013 had heard a lot about all three stories. The two partisan groups to register lower overall awareness of these three storylines were Republicans who did not get any news from outlets with right-leaning audiences (but got news from other outlets asked about) and Democrats who did not get any news from outlets with left-leaning audiences.<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;gaps-in-awareness-of-biden-storylines-play-out-in-views-of-his-actions&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"gaps-in-awareness-of-biden-storylines-play-out-in-views-of-his-actions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gaps in awareness of Biden storylines play out in views of his actions<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study also asked U.S. adults how much they had heard about two Ukraine storylines related to Joe Biden: his call as vice president for the removal of a Ukrainian prosecutor and his son Hunter Biden\u2019s work for a Ukrainian natural gas company.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/views-about-ukraine-impeachment-story-connect-closely-with-where-americans-get-their-news\/pj_2020-01-24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-04\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78401\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0eeef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0eeef;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" class=\"wp-image-78401 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/PJ_2020.01.24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-04.png\" alt=\"Chart shows large differences in awareness of Biden-related Ukraine storylines\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were notable variations in how much Republicans and Republican leaners with different media diets had heard about each of these stories, as well as smaller differences among Democrats and Democratic leaners who got news from sources with different audience compositions.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But what stands out about the Biden-related storylines are the gaping differences between Republicans who got news only from outlets with right-leaning audiences and Democrats who got news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences \u2013 a difference that was smaller in the Trump-related storylines.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, about half of Republicans who got political news only from outlets with right-leaning audiences (52%) had heard a lot about Biden\u2019s efforts to remove the prosecutor. That is more than double the percentage of Democrats who got news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences (20%) who heard a lot. The gap is similar on Hunter Biden\u2019s work in Ukraine: 64% of these Republicans had heard a lot, compared with 33% of these Democrats.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/views-about-ukraine-impeachment-story-connect-closely-with-where-americans-get-their-news\/pj_2020-01-24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-05\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78402\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f4f3f4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f4f3f4;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" class=\"wp-image-78402 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/PJ_2020.01.24_pathways-ukraine-impeachment_00-05.png\" alt=\"Chart shows partisans with different media diets view Joe Biden\u2019s actions in Ukraine differently\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further, the differences in awareness play out in views about Joe Biden\u2019s motivations. When asked, based on what they had heard in the news, whether they thought Biden called for the prosecutor\u2019s removal in order to advance a U.S. government position to reduce corruption in Ukraine or to protect his son from being investigated, 81% of Republicans who got news only from outlets with right-leaning audiences said he wanted to protect his son. Only 2% of these Republicans thought it was part of a U.S. anti-corruption campaign.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats who got news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences were much more inclined to attribute Biden\u2019s actions to anti-corruption efforts (44%) than to a desire to protect his son (13%) \u2013 though that 44% is nearly matched by 42% who said they were not sure why Biden called for the prosecutor\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other factors beyond media diet may impact people\u2019s views of why Trump and Biden did what they did regarding Ukraine. And someone\u2019s media diet can be selected to fit their existing political views or be a significant factor in shaping those political views. Still, the data shows a clear connection between news diet within party and views on these issues. Past research by the Center has found that even when covering the same events, outlets often emphasize different elements. In a study of coverage about <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2017\/10\/02\/covering-president-trump-in-a-polarized-media-environment\/pj_2017-10-02_trump-first-100-days_m-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump\u2019s first 100 days<\/a> in office, outlets with right-leaning audiences were more likely to offer positive assessments of the Trump administration\u2019s actions than outlets with audiences that were politically left-leaning or mixed.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Interested in exploring the data further, seeing more data like this or conducting your own analysis? Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pathways-2020\/\">interactive data tool<\/a> and access the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/dataset\/election-news-pathways-november-2019-survey\/\">dataset<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/PJ_2020.01.24_Media-Polarization_TOPLINE.pdf\">survey questions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/01\/24\/election-news-pathways-methodology\/\">methodology<\/a> for this analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Acknowledgments: The Election News Pathways project was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. 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