{"id":88047,"date":"2018-06-18T11:02:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2018\/06\/18\/overall-americans-identified-more-statements-correctly-than-incorrectly-but-sizable-portions-got-most-wrong\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:16:24","slug":"overall-americans-identified-more-statements-correctly-than-incorrectly-but-sizable-portions-got-most-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2018\/06\/18\/overall-americans-identified-more-statements-correctly-than-incorrectly-but-sizable-portions-got-most-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"1. Overall, Americans identified more statements correctly than incorrectly, but sizable portions got most wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2018\/06\/18\/distinguishing-between-factual-and-opinion-statements-in-the-news\/pj_2018-06-18_fact-opinion_0-06\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68609\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4e8ea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4e8ea;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" class=\"wp-image-68609 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/06\/PJ_2018.06.18_fact-opinion_0-06.png\" alt=\"\" data-attachid=\"68609\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p>[6.numoffset=&#8221;6&#8243; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/research_reports\/RR2314.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research<\/a> about the role of facts and opinions in the news has identified an increased blurring between the two, as well as increased opinion-based news coverage in recent years.]<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this new study, a little over 5,000 U.S. adults were shown a mix of five factual and five opinion statements across a range of policy and current event topic areas. For each, they were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2018\/06\/18\/distinguishing-between-factual-and-opinion-statements-in-the-news\/#statement-classification\">asked to identify the statement<\/a> as either factual \u2013 one that could be proved or disproved based on objective factual evidence \u2013 or as an opinion.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a quarter of Americans (26%) correctly identified all five of the factual statements, while roughly the same percentage (28%) got no more than two correct. The largest portion (46%) answered three or four correctly. Overall, about three-quarters of Americans (72%) got more correct than incorrect \u2013 classifying at least three as factual.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A somewhat greater portion of Americans (35%) correctly identified all five of the opinion statements than did so with the factual statements. The largest portion again (43%) answered three or four correctly, while about two-in-ten (22%) misinterpreted most of the opinion statements as factual, classifying two or fewer as opinion. And, just like the factual statements, most Americans got more opinion statements correct than incorrect: About eight-in-ten (78%) correctly classified at least three of the five as opinions.<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;some-statements-were-correctly-identified-more-often-than-others&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"some-statements-were-correctly-identified-more-often-than-others\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some statements were correctly identified more often than others<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, Americans were reasonably adept at identifying each of the five factual and five opinion statements. For each statement, a majority correctly identified it as either factual or opinion. However, Americans tended to better identify some statements than others. Among the factual statements, about three-quarters of Americans (77%) correctly identified \u201cPresident Barack Obama was born in the United States\u201d and about the same portion (76%) correctly classified \u201cHealth care costs per person in the U.S. are the highest in the developed world\u201d as factual. The two factual statements that the public had the most difficulty with were \u201cSpending on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid make up the largest portion of the U.S. federal budget\u201d and \u201cImmigrants who are in the U.S. illegally have some rights under the Constitution,\u201d correctly labeled by just over half of respondents (57% and 54%, respectively).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the opinion statements, eight-in-ten Americans correctly identified \u201cAbortion should be legal in most cases,\u201d and around seven-in-ten correctly classified the other four opinion statements.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2018\/06\/18\/distinguishing-between-factual-and-opinion-statements-in-the-news\/pj_2018-06-18_fact-opinion_0-07\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68610\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeefef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeefef;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" class=\"wp-image-68610 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/06\/PJ_2018.06.18_fact-opinion_0-07.png\" alt=\"\" data-attachid=\"68610\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;most-americans-classify-statements-that-are-not-clearly-factual-or-opinion-as-opinion&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"most-americans-classify-statements-that-are-not-clearly-factual-or-opinion-as-opinion\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Most Americans classify statements that are not clearly factual or opinion as opinion<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2018\/06\/18\/distinguishing-between-factual-and-opinion-statements-in-the-news\/pj_2018-06-18_fact-opinion_0-08\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68611\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f4f5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f4f5;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" class=\"wp-image-68611 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/06\/PJ_2018.06.18_fact-opinion_0-08.png\" alt=\"\" data-attachid=\"68611\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all news statements are unambiguously based in factual evidence or in a journalist\u2019s or source\u2019s beliefs, but rather fall somewhere in between the two. Statements that are in this murky space between factual statements and opinions \u2013 termed here as \u201cborderline\u201d statements \u2013 are more often treated by Americans as opinions.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the factual and opinion statements, respondents were asked to categorize two of these borderline statements. About half of Americans (52%) said both were opinions, compared with just 11% who said both were factual statements. About a third (35%) said one was factual and the other was opinion.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking at the individual statements, about three-quarters of Americans (74%) said \u201cApplying additional scrutiny to Muslim Americans would not reduce terrorism in the U.S.\u201d was an opinion, as did about two-thirds (66%) for \u201cVoter fraud across the U.S. has undermined the results of our elections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While these two statements can be based in objective evidence (the factual element of the statement), the vague language \u2013 and in one case a prediction \u2013 makes these statements difficult to prove definitively (the opinion element of the statement). Thus, both of these were determined to be in this murky space between factual and opinion statements.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement &#8220;Applying additional scrutiny to Muslim Americans would not reduce terrorism in the U.S.\u201d is predictive, and while evidence can be used to make an argument, it cannot be definitely proved or disproved because the results of such a policy in the U.S. are not yet known. For the second statement, \u201cVoter fraud across the U.S. has undermined the results of our elections,\u201d while there is a variety of evidence around the topic of voter fraud, the vagueness of the language of undermining election results makes it difficult to definitively show the relationship one way or the other.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"d6a4922d261a1e4567a5cecfca515f33\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this new study, a little over 5,000 U.S. adults were shown a mix of five factual and five opinion statements across a range of policy and current event topic areas. 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Republicans and Democrats more likely to classify a news statement as factual if it favors their side \u2013 whether it is factual or opinion","slug":"republicans-and-democrats-more-likely-to-classify-a-news-statement-as-factual-if-it-favors-their-side-whether-it-is-factual-or-opinion","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2018\/06\/18\/republicans-and-democrats-more-likely-to-classify-a-news-statement-as-factual-if-it-favors-their-side-whether-it-is-factual-or-opinion\/","is_active":false},{"id":88022,"title":"4. 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