{"id":88092,"date":"2017-04-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:36:04","slug":"searching-for-news-the-flint-water-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2017\/04\/27\/searching-for-news-the-flint-water-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for News: The Flint water crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:552px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e9e4d6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-61657 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_hero.gif\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e9e4d6; object-position:49% 95%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"49% 95%\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-gray-light-background-color has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h2 aria-level=\"1\" data-post-type=\"post\" style=\"font-size:clamp(27.894px, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.285), 48px);line-height:1.1\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-white-color\">Searching for News: The Flint water crisis<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-bylines-display is-layout-flex wp-container-prc-block-bylines-display-is-layout-7b1574cb wp-block-prc-block-bylines-display-is-layout-flex\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-bylines-display__bylines\"><span class=\"wp-block-prc-block-bylines-display__prefix\">By<\/span> <a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/katerina-eva-matsa\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Katerina Eva Matsa\">Katerina Eva Matsa<\/a><span class=\"prc-platform-staff-bylines__separator\">, <\/span><a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/amy-mitchell\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Amy Mitchell\">Amy Mitchell<\/a> <span class=\"prc-platform-staff-bylines__and-separator\">and<\/span> <a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/galen-stocking\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Galen Stocking\">Galen Stocking<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group essay--toolbar has-white-background-color has-ui-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2017-04-27T10:00:00-04:00\">April 27, 2017<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-small-icon-size has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the long saga of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan \u2013 an ongoing, multilayered disaster that exposed about 100,000 residents to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/rundown\/state-emergency-ends-for-flint-as-water-quality-improves\/\">harmful contaminants and lead<\/a> and left them even as of early 2017 advised to drink <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/02\/28\/flint-residents-must-start-paying-for-water-they-still-cant-drink-without-a-filter\/?utm_term=.cdc2af3d8415\">filtered or bottled water<\/a> \u2013 local and regional audiences used online search engines as a way to both follow the news and understand its impact on public and personal health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0efef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0efef;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_map.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61653 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Pew Research Center study, based on anonymized Google search data from Jan. 5, 2014, through July 2, 2016, delves into the kinds of searches that were most prevalent as a proxy for public interest, concerns and intentions. The study also tracks the way search activity ebbed and flowed alongside real world events and their associated news coverage. The study begins in 2014, when officials <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2014\/04\/closing_the_valve_on_history_f.html\">switched the source of municipal drinking water<\/a> from the Detroit city water system to the Flint River. The study period covers ensuing events that included bacteria-related \u201cboil water\u201d advisories, studies showing elevated lead levels in children\u2019s blood and tap water samples, government-issued lead warnings, bottled-water distribution, declarations of emergency, the filing of criminal charges, a Democratic presidential candidate debate in Flint and a visit to the city by President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data, based on nearly 2,700 different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#search-term\">search terms<\/a>&nbsp;associated with the crisis, reveal that residents of Flint were searching for information about their water before the government recognized the contamination and before local and regional news media coverage intensified beyond a handful of stories related to the initial switch of the water supply. And, while news was the first type of information people searched for, questions about personal and public health implications soon came to the forefront. The politics of the water crisis \u2013 which involved the governor of Michigan, the city of Flint and several agencies \u2013 did not resonate as a local search topic until Obama reacted, when the story spread nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the case study focuses on one particular news event, the overarching goals are larger: to begin exploring what aggregated search behavior can tell us about how news spreads in our increasingly fractured information environment, as well as about how the public\u2019s focus shifts over the course of a developing news story. To achieve these goals, researchers needed to focus on a specific story with many unique keywords and a strong geographic element, traits that make it easier to track search activity. The Flint case not only meets these criteria but also epitomizes a crisis that had an impact at the personal, community and political level, and \u2013 as it developed over more than two years \u2013 grew from a local story to a national one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers collected data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#Google-Health-API\">Google Health Application Program Interface (API)<\/a>, to which the Center gained special access for this project. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/\">Using a multistep process<\/a>, researchers identified relevant search terms, ranging from specific searches related to Flint such as \u201cFlint water EPA\u201d to more practical issues such as \u201cwhy is my water brown.\u201d These individual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#query\">queries<\/a>&nbsp;were then grouped into five broad categories \u2013 News and Media, Politics and Government, Public Health and Environment, Personal Health and Household, and Chemical and Biological Contaminants \u2013 representing the primary aspects of the story that preoccupied local, state and national residents, as suggested by their search habits. The analysis was conducted across three different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#geographic-location\">geographic areas<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 the Flint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#DMA\/\">DMA<\/a>, the whole state of Michigan and the entire U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group  is-horizontal__on-mobile__vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e876dd8c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-577e1c61\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_News-and-media-icon.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Search terms about news &amp; Flint water crisis:&nbsp;<em>\u201clead contamination USA Today,\u201d \u201cdrinking water crisis news,\u201d \u201cFlint water story\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-577e1c61\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_Politics-and-govt-icon.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Search terms about political or govt. entities\/actions:&nbsp;<em>\u201csafe drinking water EPA,\u201d \u201cFlint water Obama\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-577e1c61\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_Public-health-icon.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Search terms about broader water issues &amp; effects:&nbsp;<em>\u201cFlint water pipes,\u201d \u201clead testing lab,\u201d \u201cwater pollution environment\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-577e1c61\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_Personal-health-icon.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Search terms about how water issues affect daily lives:&nbsp;<em>\u201cbrown water bathroom,\u201d \u201ctap water filter,\u201d \u201clead poisoning hair loss\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-577e1c61\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_Chemicals-icon.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Search terms about potentially harmful chemicals &amp; bacteria:&nbsp;<em>\u201ctap water chlorine,\u201d \u201cwater contamination e coli,\u201d \u201cFlint water bacteria\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The Google Health API, which provides more granular data than the public Google Trends website or the Trends API, was launched in 2009 to help researchers <a href=\"http:\/\/people.sc.fsu.edu\/~pbeerli\/classes\/ISC4931\/ISC4931\/SciComp\/Entries\/2013\/2\/18_Google_searches_and_influenza_files\/detecting-influenza-epidemics.pdf\">detect patterns in searches around the flu<\/a>. While no search engine can represent the queries of all Americans, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2012\/03\/09\/search-engine-use-2012\/\">a vast majority of online searchers use Google<\/a>, and a number of researchers are experimenting with its use as a tool for understanding the public\u2019s attitudes and behaviors.[1. See for example Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0047272714000929\">The cost of racial animus on a black candidate: Evidence using Google search data<\/a>,\u201d Journal of Public Economics 118, 26-40.]<\/p>\n\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=\"measuring-change\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;measuring-change&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>Measuring change<\/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\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The central point of analysis for this study is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#interval\">search activity (also described as interest) per week<\/a>&nbsp;for each of the five main search categories within each geographic area (the city of Flint as defined by its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#DMA\">DMA<\/a>, the state of Michigan and the U.S.) over time. Change in search activity is presented as percentage increases, which measure week-to-week change within one category and geographic area \u2013 for example, change in search interest in the Personal Health category across the state of Michigan. While there will always be small fluctuations in search activity, researchers identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#period\">periods<\/a>&nbsp;where searches rose or fell in a meaningful way by using a combination of statistical techniques, generalized additive models and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/#changepoint\">changepoint models<\/a>. Of the 154 distinct time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#period\">periods<\/a>&nbsp;identified across search term categories and geographic areas, 24 registered measurable increases in search activity. Some of these were quick spikes (increases that took place over one or two weeks) while others were more gradual increases over the course of several weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to keep in mind that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/#google-search-sampling-process-and-data-structure\">Google only makes its search results available<\/a> in the form of proportions&nbsp;of all searches in a geographic area, rather than as a raw number of searches. For example, all searches within Flint that fall under the category of News and Media are shown as a proportion of <em>all<\/em> searches overall, on any topic, that week by users in Flint. (If the proportion of searches for a term or group of terms is below a certain threshold, known as the privacy threshold, Google Health API returns a result of zero as a way to protect the privacy of individual users and to ensure that they cannot be identified.) The analysis thus measures whether that proportion has increased or decreased in a meaningful way between periods identified by the changepoint model. It is also important to note that the Google Health API provides proportions specific to each geographic area (i.e., the proportion of searches for a locally relevant topic are likely to be higher in that local area than across the entire U.S.). Thus, the meaningful measures are changes <em>within<\/em> a geographic area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, one could hypothesize that if the total number of searches is growing (either due to a big one-time event or just the natural growth of Google searches), then the number of searches related to a specific term or group of terms could potentially indicate an artificial change or stability (regardless of the raw number of searches related to a term). However, the number of Google searches is so large that, according to internal Google analysis, even big events have a relatively small effect on the total number of searches in a given day. Still, researchers took further steps to minimize any possible effect by using week-level data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/#google-search-sampling-process-and-data-structure\">drawing 50 samples<\/a>&nbsp;for every search category each week in each geographic area, and by identifying meaningful changes using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/#changepoint\">changepoint method described in the methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To supplement the analysis of Google search data, the project also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/#media-coverage-data\">an audit of news coverage<\/a> produced by a sample of local, regional and national news media as well an analysis of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/#twitter-data\">all Twitter posts across the U.S. related to the crisis<\/a>. This digital essay presents the data in many graphical ways, from trend lines representing the entire 2&nbsp;\u00bd-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#time-range\">time range<\/a>&nbsp;to circular graphics that zoom in for details at the weekly level.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"miywqyzcyy\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"mtkztqwyzj\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 1023 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-3-chart-summary-1023\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1024\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-3-chart-summary-1023{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:1024px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-3-chart-summary-1023 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class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/20153219\/3-chart-summary-1023.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:5.1515%;left:16.8553%;width:25.4761%;margin-left:-12.738%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Search activity<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:5.1515%;left:51.9683%;width:59.6117%;margin-left:-29.8059%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Local and national media coverage<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:5.1515%;left:85.1252%;width:34.7845%;margin-left:-17.3923%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Twitter conversation<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:13.9826%;left:16.8553%;width:33.151%;margin-left:-16.5755%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for the News and Media category within the Flint area<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:13.9826%;left:51.9683%;width:28.8758%;margin-left:-14.4379%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:14.1666%;left:85.1252%;width:29.5542%;margin-left:-14.7771%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Total number of Twitter posts about the Flint water crisis across the U.S.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.3333%;left:59.9932%;width:24.3219%;margin-left:-12.161%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Jan 2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">State of emergency <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">declared<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.1644%;left:36.8837%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.1644%;left:3.6002%;width:13.3574%;margin-left:-6.6787%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.5324%;left:70.3451%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">450K posts<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:40.6601%;left:22.2828%;width:17.8854%;margin-left:-8.9427%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Sep\/Oct 2015 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Flint issues <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">lead warning. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p 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class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:12.5983%;left:73.5423%;width:36.6293%;margin-left:-18.3146%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Sep\/Oct 2015 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Flint issues <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">lead warning. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Genesee <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">County issues <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">public health <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:16.0713%;left:36.9626%;width:26.3641%;margin-left:-13.182%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Aug 2014 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Boil water <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">advisory <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:25.6732%;left:9.3805%;width:27.3559%;margin-left:-13.6779%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:29.8953%;left:31.2604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:29.8953%;left:61.2604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:29.8953%;left:86.8604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.3898%;left:50.4997%;width:122.0848%;margin-left:-61.0424%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Local and national media coverage<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.6586%;left:50.5%;width:97.4%;margin-left:-48.7%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p 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style=\"top:50.0525%;left:8.9391%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">200<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:52.7765%;left:50.6359%;width:47.6211%;margin-left:-23.8105%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Jan 2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Flint issues an <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">advisory about <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">high levels of toxic <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">disinfection <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">byproduct <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:53.4574%;left:8.9391%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">150<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:55.8409%;right:19.265%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">National<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">media<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:56.7943%;left:8.9391%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">100<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:60.063%;left:10.5826%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">50<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:63.4679%;left:12.2262%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:65.1023%;left:31.2604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:65.1023%;left:61.2604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:65.1023%;left:86.8604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.3925%;left:33.4903%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Twitter conversation<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:72.7975%;left:51.3%;width:86.6%;margin-left:-43.3%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Total number of Twitter posts about the Flint water crisis across the U.S.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:76.8834%;left:7.6675%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">450K posts<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.722%;left:7.6675%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">400K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:82.4675%;left:7.6675%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">300K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:86.2129%;left:7.6675%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">200K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:89.9583%;left:7.6675%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">100K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:93.6357%;left:12.3576%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:95.3381%;left:31.2604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:95.3381%;left:61.2604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:95.3381%;left:86.8604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:97.5854%;left:69%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: 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activity<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.9966%;left:49.2982%;width:100.9524%;margin-left:-50.4762%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for the News and Media category within the Flint area<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:10.1048%;left:61.6956%;width:93.9781%;margin-left:-46.989%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Sep\/Oct 2015 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Flint issues lead <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">warning. Genesee <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">County issues public <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">health emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:10.1745%;left:14.4292%;width:48.8497%;margin-left:-24.4249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:17.7009%;left:46.6103%;width:86.5583%;margin-left:-43.2792%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Aug 2014 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Boil water advisory <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.8788%;left:14.2508%;width:48.8504%;margin-left:-24.4252%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.9207%;left:37.2506%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.9207%;left:65.8221%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.9207%;left:87.2506%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">\u201916<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:32.4748%;left:50.0518%;width:79.2857%;margin-left:-39.6429%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Local and national media coverage<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:36.5864%;left:47.558%;width:105.603%;margin-left:-52.8015%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.3009%;left:77.1148%;width:86.1991%;margin-left:-43.0995%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Jan 2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">State of emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">declared<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:45.7156%;left:17.034%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:48.7122%;right:17.259%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Local\/<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">regional<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">media<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:49.2697%;left:17.034%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">200<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:51.3604%;left:46.369%;width:41.0714%;margin-left:-20.5357%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Jan 2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Flint issues an <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">advisory about <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">high levels of <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">toxic <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">disinfection <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">byproduct <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:52.7541%;left:17.034%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">150<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:56.0295%;right:17.1404%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">National<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">media<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:56.1689%;left:17.034%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">100<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:59.5139%;left:19.969%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">50<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:62.9983%;left:22.9039%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3921%;left:37.2506%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3921%;left:65.8221%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3921%;left:87.6078%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">\u201916<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:68.9915%;left:50.0518%;width:127.2119%;margin-left:-63.606%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Twitter conversation<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.7094%;left:50.119%;width:96.4286%;margin-left:-48.2143%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Total number of Twitter posts about the Flint water crisis across the U.S.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.8907%;left:14.0492%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">450K posts<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.7723%;left:14.0492%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">400K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.6052%;left:14.0492%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">300K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:85.438%;left:14.0492%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">200K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:89.2709%;left:14.0492%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">100K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:93.0341%;left:22.4243%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:94.4975%;left:43.1205%;width:23.4794%;margin-left:-5%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:94.4975%;left:65.8221%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:94.4975%;left:87.6078%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">\u201916<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:96.7972%;left:44%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#mtkztqwyzj.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#owqzdmmjem.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#owywytzkzj.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analysis is divided into three distinct phases, mirroring the development of the crisis: 2014, when the contamination initially became public; 2015, when it became a significant local issue; and 2016, when it hit the national news and launched a federal government response.<\/p>\n\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=\"timeline-of-key-events\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;timeline-of-key-events&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>Timeline of key events<\/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\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2014<\/strong><br>Apr 25 \u2013 <em>Flint switches from Detroit to Flint River for tap water<\/em><br>Aug 16 \u2013 <em>Flint issues boil water advisory due to detection of fecal coliform bacteria<\/em><br>Sep 5 \u2013 <em>Flint city issues another advisory due to more positive tests for coliform bacteria<\/em><br>Oct 13 \u2013 <em>General Motors stops using Flint river water in its factories<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2015<\/strong><br>Jan 2 \u2013 <em>Flint issues warning that water contains high levels of toxic byproducts<\/em><br>Feb 3 \u2013 <em>Gov. Snyder approves $2M for water system improvements<\/em><br>Feb 18 \u2013 <em>High lead levels are found in the tap water of Flint resident LeeAnne Walters<\/em><br>Feb 25 \u2013 <em>Walters contacts Miguel Del Toral, a manager at the EPA&#8217;s Midwest water division<\/em><br>Feb 27 \u2013 <em>Del Toral emails aides at the EPA and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality<\/em><br>Mar 3 \u2013 <em>City tests find lead levels that are nearly 27 times the EPA action threshold in Walters&#8217; tap water<\/em><br>Mar 27 \u2013 <em>Blood tests reveal that all of Walters&#8217; four children were exposed to lead and one of them has lead poisoning<\/em><br>May 6 \u2013 <em>Tests reveal high lead levels in two more homes in Flint<\/em><br>Jun 5 \u2013 <em>A group of clergy and activists file a lawsuit against the city<\/em><br>Jun 24 \u2013 <em>Del Toral says in a memo that the absence of corrosion controls is a major concern<\/em><br>Jul 9 \u2013 <em>Del Toral&#8217;s memo is leaked<\/em><br>August \u2013 <em>Virginia Tech&#8217;s Mark Edwards and his students begin testing Flint&#8217;s water independently<\/em><br>Sep 2 \u2013 <em>Edwards makes his findings public supporting the corrosiveness of Flint water<\/em><br>Sep 24 \u2013 <em>High blood lead levels detected in Flint children<\/em><br>Sep 25 \u2013 <em>Flint issues lead advisory<\/em><br>Oct 1 \u2013 <em>Genesee County issues public health emergency due to high levels of lead<\/em><br>Oct 16 \u2013 <em>City of Flint decided to reconnect to Detroit water system<\/em><br>Nov 16 \u2013 <em>Class action lawsuit is announced against city and state officials on behalf of Flint residents<\/em><br>Dec 14 \u2013 <em>State of emergency declared in Flint<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2016<\/strong><br>Jan 4 \u2013 <em>State of emergency declared for all of Genesee County<\/em><br>Jan 5 \u2013 <em>State of emergency declared in Michigan<\/em><br>Jan 12 \u2013 <em>Governor activates Michigan&#8217;s National Guard to assist with water and filter distribution<\/em><br>Jan 16 \u2013 <em>President Obama declares state of emergency in Flint, freeing up to $5M in federal aid<\/em><br>Mar 6 \u2013 <em>Democratic presidential candidates hold a debate in Flint<\/em><br>Apr 20 \u2013 <em>Three government workers charged with crimes for role in water crisis<\/em><br>May 4 \u2013 <em>Obama travels to Flint and addresses residents<\/em><br>Jun 22 \u2013 <em>Michigan Attorney General files lawsuits against companies for role in water crisis<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;main-findings&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"main-findings\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Main findings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f2f2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_2014-circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61679 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even before the water crisis had started to unfold, residents of Flint had begun searching for information about their water at increased rates \u2013 largely preceding both government notice and heightened regional news coverage. In mid-July 2014, searches in the News and Media category related to water issues began to increase both within Flint and across the state of Michigan. By August, after a threefold increase in Michigan and a nearly fourfold one in Flint, they reached their second-highest peak in the whole 2&nbsp;\u00bd-year time range studied. This stretch of increased searches occurred weeks before the city of Flint issued its first boil advisory, on Aug. 16. It also occurred before regional news outlets audited for this report showed any substantial signs of elevated attention. Indeed, during these four weeks, the rate of coverage among these outlets was the same as it had been since the beginning of 2014 \u2013 just one or two stories per week. This suggests that information may have spread among local residents, largely before the news industry or local governments had turned increased attention to the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0ef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0ef;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_2015-circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61678 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As more events occurred and news broke, the public reacted in real time by taking steps to gather more information. <\/strong>Of the 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#period\">periods<\/a>&nbsp;of heightened search activity identified across all categories and geographic areas, a large majority occurred at times roughly in line with major events in the water crisis. For instance, in September 2015, heightened search activity in Flint about personal and public health coincided with the city\u2019s issuance of a lead warning on Sept. 25 and a public health emergency on Oct. 1. Over the five weeks surrounding those events, searches in the Personal Health category rose 154% and those in the Public Health category rose 380% compared with the week before the increase began. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#period\">periods<\/a>&nbsp;of heightened search activity tended to occur when local and regional media coverage also increased. For example, during the five-week rise in search in September 2015, the media audit also identified heightened activity: 154 stories in total, up from 24 the five weeks prior. These data indicate that public search interest tends to align with key moments in the story and elevated news coverage. One limit to working with data at the week level, though, is the inability to get a more granular assessment \u2013 within one week, search could have increased a few days before news coverage or vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>While most instances of increased search activity coincided with media attention and events, the opposite was not true: Heightened news coverage and developments in the story did not always translate to increased search activity. <\/strong>For instance, early in 2015, when Flint <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2015\/01\/flint_water_has_high_disinfect.html\">issued another warning about contaminated water<\/a> (Jan. 2) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/snyder\/0,4668,7-277-57577_57657-346722--,00.html\">Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder approved $2 million in infrastructure improvements<\/a> (Feb. 3), the news media covered the crisis at elevated levels (an average of 12 stories per week during eight weeks in January and February, compared with just one story per week in the eight weeks prior). However, this did not translate into any meaningful rise in search activity. Separately, in March 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/life-style\/health\/residents-flint-mich-left-undrinkable-water-article-1.2138469\">high lead levels were found in the water of Flint resident LeeAnne Walters<\/a>, and in June 2015 a group of clergy and activists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2015\/06\/lawsuit_seeks_end_to_flint_riv.html\">filed lawsuits against the city<\/a>. In these instances there again was no elevated search activity or rise in coverage or search. One possible explanation for the lack of heightened search activity during these instances is that, aside from the funding announcement, many of these events were incremental changes to existing storylines rather than major developments, such as later in the year when the state of emergency was declared, or in 2016 when the government advised residents to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/national-guard-called-in-to-hand-out-water-in-flint-mich\/2016\/01\/13\/81a0fd88-b961-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html?utm_term=.8de2055f02f1\">only bottled water<\/a>. These events <em>did<\/em> coincide with heightened search activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Search activity broadened each year, both in the mix of search categories and the geographic reach. <\/strong>In 2014, only three search categories related to the Flint water crisis showed signs of increased search activity, and only in Flint and Michigan: News and Media, Public Health, and Chemical and Biological Contaminants (though the Public Health and Contaminant increases were smaller). In 2015, search interest in the Public Health category grew, and Personal Health searches first saw a rise. Still, all the 2015 increases occurred over just two months\u2019 time and were again confined to Flint and Michigan. It was finally in 2016, as the Flint water crisis came onto the national scene, that searches for all categories rose, this time across the entire country. We have seen in the past that public attention to issues begins at the local level and can take months or longer to reach national recognition. Similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2014\/04\/15\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-long-fight-between-cliven-bundy-and-the-federal-government\/?utm_term=.9162a8ced873\">Cliven Bundy standoff<\/a> or tensions between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/18\/business\/media\/view-of-ferguson-thrust-michael-brown-shooting-to-national-attention.html\">police and the black community<\/a>, this analysis shows that the Flint water crisis is another example of a local issue becoming a national one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f1f1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f1f1;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_Matrix.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61686 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The trajectory of search interest across categories sheds light on how the public processes and reacts to public events.<\/strong> What the public searched for first, over the 2&nbsp;\u00bd years, was news \u2013 the facts about what was happening \u2013 with searches such as \u201cFlint water crisis articles\u201d and \u201cFlint water update\u201d (in May and July-August 2014). Then, in 2015, the public began asking more about how the contaminated water would affect their own day-to-day living. Searches for both personal health-related items such as \u201clead water absorb skin\u201d and public health <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#query\">queries<\/a>&nbsp;such as \u201cwater pollution causes\u201d grew steadily over a five-week time span in September and October, ultimately rising 154% and 380% respectively. In 2016, when the governor activated the National Guard and President Obama announced $5 million in aid, members of the public both locally and nationally began looking into the political aspects of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Even though searches in the Personal Health category did not show any increased activity until 2015, they always accounted for the largest proportion of search activity in all geographic areas \u2013 speaking to the high baseline interest in personal health matters tied to water, even outside of the Flint story. <\/strong>There are likely at least two elements at play here. First, personal health issues such as bathing and whether to use tap water in baby formulas are subjects that members of the public are likely to search for regularly \u2013 whether there is a water contamination issue in the news or not. Thus, the baseline proportion for this type of search is higher than others. (A majority of the 692 search terms in the category do not specifically mention Flint, as not everyone would type that word into a search, especially those living there.) Second, past research about people\u2019s news habits suggests that individuals often respond to news by thinking about how it might affect them directly. For example, when it comes to the economy, one of the topics people <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2007\/05\/30\/gas-prices-top-news-interest\/\">follow most closely is gas prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f2f2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_Slopes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61687 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Twitter conversation about the Flint water crisis closely tracked national search activity. <\/strong>The number of tweets about the Flint water crisis remained minimal until 2016. During the week of Jan. 17, 2016 (the same week national search activity in all categories skyrocketed), tweets about the Flint water crisis nearly tripled compared with the week before, from about 140,000 tweets to more than 400,000 tweets. In total, there were about 7,000 tweets posted about the Flint water crisis in 2014, compared with about 92,000 in 2015 and about 2.1 million in the first half of 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e6e6e7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e6e6e7;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_Twitter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61685 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the findings about the water contamination in Flint, the study sheds light on what search data can and cannot tell us about public attitudes and behavior. Researchers spent months exploring, testing and validating the tool and data output before deciding upon the most appropriate method for this study. To help others understand the dynamics of the Google search data, as well as the differences between the Trends website and the private Health API used here, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/\">the methodology<\/a> offers a detailed accounting of each step of that process and decisions made along the way. An accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@pewresearch\/using-google-trends-data-for-research-here-are-6-questions-to-ask-a7097f5fb526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog post offers key lessons from a research perspective<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/04\/27\/flint-water-crisis-study-qa\/\">a Q&amp;A explains how the research was conducted<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light is-style-default\"><img data-dominant-color=\"edebe3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edebe3;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-61722 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase1_hero.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" id=\"the-early-days-of-the-water-crisis-january---december-2014\">The early days of the water crisis, January &#8211; December 2014<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Flint, and to some extent across the state, 2014 saw the beginnings of search interest in aspects of the water crisis. In particular, Flint residents were primarily searching for news of the water problems, and to a lesser degree, information about the public health impact of the crisis. Michigan residents more generally were also searching at higher rates for news of the crisis and, again to a smaller degree, for information on specific water contaminants. At the time, personal health and political aspects of the crisis had not popped. National search activity would not rise in any category until 2016. Twitter activity related to the crisis was also minimal throughout 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"brief-search-chronology\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brief search chronology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f6f6f6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase1_matrix.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61697 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f6f6f6; width:216px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first time Google search activity rose in relation to the Flint water crisis was in May 2014, in the News and Media category. These searches, with terms such as \u201cFlint water crisis news\u201d and \u201clead contamination USA Today,\u201d rose for three straight weeks before falling back down. Search activity would not rise again until July and August \u2013 this time not only in Flint but also across Michigan, and to a much more substantial degree. This search interest again focused on news about the crisis and preceded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2014\/08\/flint_issues_boil_water_notice.html\">a \u201cboil water\u201d advisory issued by the city of Flint<\/a> after the detection of fecal coliform bacteria in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, on Sept. 5, 2014, the city issued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2014\/09\/flint_issues_boil_water_adviso.html\">a second advisory<\/a>&nbsp;following more positive tests for coliform bacteria. Concurrently (the week of Aug. 31), searches about public health terms such as \u201cwater pollution city\u201d or \u201cFlint water environment\u201d registered a small uptick for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also that week, searches in Michigan in the Contaminants category, including terms such as \u201cwater contamination coliform\u201d and \u201cwater quality ppm,\u201d started increasing. These searches continued to inch upward for eight consecutive weeks, finally peaking during the week starting Oct. 19, around the same time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/general_motors_wont_use_flint.html\">General Motors decided to stop using Flint River water at its engine plant because of high levels of chloride<\/a>, which allegedly caused corrosion. Over the eight weeks of search activity growth, searches about contaminants increased by 161%. 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style=\"top:2.8481%;left:0.1615%;width:100.0707%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Four periods of elevated search activity across categories and regions emerged in 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for each category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:17.8797%;right:40.2284%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\"><strong>Public health<\/strong> in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:17.8797%;right:7.5499%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\"><strong>Contaminants<\/strong> in Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:17.8797%;left:21.192%;width:18.5656%;margin-left:-9.2828%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\"><strong>News about the water crisis<\/strong> in Flint and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:18.6709%;left:3.589%;width:6.901%;margin-left:-3.4505%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.3228%;left:11.9092%;width:3.3123%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.3228%;left:24.6836%;width:11.1942%;margin-left:-5.5971%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle17\">Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.0886%;right:85.8432%;width:8.7646%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Apr 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Flint switches from Detroit to Flint River for tap water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.2468%;left:15.2031%;width:6.984%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Aug 12<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Boil water advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.4051%;left:47.3687%;width:10.5844%;margin-left:-5.2922%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Sep 5<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">Flint city issues another boil water advisory<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.3101%;left:79.6774%;width:10.5844%;margin-left:-5.2922%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Oct 13<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">GM stops using Flint River water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:58.8608%;left:17.2554%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">High point<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" 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class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:9.9281%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:10.7492%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:11.9093%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:12.6905%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:13.8624%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:14.7413%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:15.7178%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:16.7921%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:17.7686%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:18.7452%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:19.7218%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:39.9237%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:40.7875%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:41.6086%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:42.7686%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:43.5499%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:44.7218%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:45.6007%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:46.5772%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:47.6514%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:48.628%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:49.6046%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:50.5811%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:70.8347%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:71.7258%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:72.526%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:73.6317%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:74.4554%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:75.6581%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:76.6227%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-49\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:77.4904%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-50\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:78.4453%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-51\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:79.3762%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-52\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:80.3267%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-53\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.4747%;left:81.2969%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-54\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:13.443%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-55\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:25.1617%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-56\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:33.9507%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-57\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:43.7164%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-58\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:55.4352%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-59\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:64.2242%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-60\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:74.9663%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-61\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:86.6851%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-62\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.9557%;left:95.4742%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-63\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:83.7025%;left:0.1966%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle16\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"njrjzwmwmz\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 500 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2014-summary-graphic-500\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" 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{\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2014-summary-graphic-500-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai1-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/25184954\/2014-summary-graphic-500.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:1.5%;left:0.5343%;width:99.2225%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Four periods of elevated search activity across categories and regions emerged in 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for each category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:11.7146%;left:7.6566%;width:14.1332%;margin-left:-7.0666%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:11.6432%;left:55.5001%;width:68.1496%;margin-left:-34.0748%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\"><strong>News about the water crisis<\/strong> in Flint and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:16.7861%;right:59.7007%;width:17.9498%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Apr 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint switches from Detroit to Flint River for tap water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:16.8576%;left:42.4421%;width:14.3033%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Aug 12<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Boil water advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.3578%;left:46.6454%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">High point<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.9293%;left:25.1249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">High point<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:27.3579%;left:7.6566%;width:13.9333%;margin-left:-6.9667%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.9293%;left:22.6962%;width:6.7837%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:29.8579%;left:22.6583%;width:22.9258%;margin-left:-11.4629%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:29.8699%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:31.639%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:33.3207%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:35.6964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:37.2964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:39.6964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:41.4964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:43.4964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:45.6964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:47.6964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:49.6964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:51.6964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9294%;left:18.2%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">Months<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:33.5009%;left:38.8375%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:33.5009%;left:62.8374%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:33.5009%;left:80.8374%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.1438%;left:7.6566%;width:14.1332%;margin-left:-7.0666%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.1438%;right:30.3513%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\"><strong>Public health<\/strong> in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:49.3584%;left:45.1445%;width:21.6768%;margin-left:-10.8384%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">Sep 5<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">Flint city issues another boil water advisory<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:58.3587%;left:48.9867%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">High point<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:59.7873%;left:7.6566%;width:13.9333%;margin-left:-6.9667%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:29.897%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:31.666%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:33.3477%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:35.7234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:37.3234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:39.7234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:41.5234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:43.5234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:45.7234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:47.7234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:49.7234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:51.7234%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.3588%;left:18.2%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">Months<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:65.9303%;left:37.6645%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:65.9303%;left:61.6645%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:65.9303%;left:79.6644%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.859%;right:26.2522%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\"><strong>Contaminants<\/strong> in Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-49\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.1447%;left:7.6566%;width:14.1332%;margin-left:-7.0666%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-50\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.7162%;left:48.1793%;width:21.6768%;margin-left:-10.8384%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">Oct 13<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">GM stops using Flint River water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-51\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:84.0736%;left:7.6566%;width:13.9333%;margin-left:-6.9667%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-52\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:84.7165%;left:52.0216%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">High point<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-53\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:18.2%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">Months<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-54\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:30.0694%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-55\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:31.8944%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-56\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:33.5332%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-57\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:35.7977%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-58\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:37.4846%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-59\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:39.9477%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-60\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:41.9233%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-61\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:43.7004%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-62\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:45.656%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-63\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:47.5624%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-64\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:49.5091%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-65\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.4309%;left:51.496%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-66\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:90.0023%;left:38.5311%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-67\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:90.0023%;left:62.5311%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-68\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:90.0023%;left:80.5311%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-69\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:92.931%;left:0.4451%;width:99.3524%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle16\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle16\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health 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{\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014-summary-graphic-280 .g-aiPstyle16 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:15px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#808285;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014-summary-graphic-280 .g-aiPstyle17 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2014-summary-graphic-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai2-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/25184951\/2014-summary-graphic-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:1.6035%;left:0.6953%;width:98.7828%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Four periods of elevated search activity across categories and regions emerged in 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for each category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:14.5776%;left:51.6026%;width:71.9048%;margin-left:-35.9524%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\"><strong>News about the water crisis<\/strong> in Flint and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.0238%;left:12.4167%;width:25.2379%;margin-left:-12.6189%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.0238%;left:73.5536%;width:12.1137%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:20.0443%;left:73.4859%;width:40.9389%;margin-left:-20.4694%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:23.1785%;right:54.2927%;width:27.0808%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Apr 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Flint switches from Detroit to Flint River for tap water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:23.1785%;left:50.248%;width:25.5415%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Aug 12<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Boil water advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.5606%;left:51.8609%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">High pt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.0388%;left:23.1109%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">High pt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.9864%;left:12.4167%;width:24.881%;margin-left:-12.4405%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:39.4325%;left:39.5254%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:39.4325%;left:66.3111%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:39.4325%;left:87.3825%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.8583%;right:25.3081%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\"><strong>Public health<\/strong> in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:45.5552%;left:12.4167%;width:25.2379%;margin-left:-12.6189%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:55.0306%;left:49.5535%;width:38.7086%;margin-left:-19.3543%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">Sep 5<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">Flint city issues another boil water advisory<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.7976%;left:54.1824%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">High pt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.6199%;left:12.4167%;width:24.881%;margin-left:-12.4405%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.9203%;left:39.5254%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.9203%;left:66.3111%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.9203%;left:87.3825%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.7629%;right:18.3455%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\"><strong>Contaminants<\/strong> in Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:76.8971%;left:12.4167%;width:25.2379%;margin-left:-12.6189%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6989%;left:53.5345%;width:38.7086%;margin-left:-19.3543%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">Oct 13<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">GM stops using Flint River water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:84.8419%;left:12.4167%;width:24.881%;margin-left:-12.4405%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:85.0606%;left:57.3966%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">High pt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:89.0694%;left:39.5254%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:89.0694%;left:66.3111%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:89.0694%;left:87.3825%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:90.8916%;left:0.0145%;width:99.9809%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle16\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle16\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle16\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle17\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#zjmnwjlzgu.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#njrjzwmwmz.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#zjqzndcngi.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Demand among local residents for more news about what was happening not only rose before other categories but also preceded increased regional news coverage and government notices.<\/strong>About a month after the city of Flint switched its tap water supply from Detroit\u2019s system (Lake Huron) to the Flint River in April 2014, Google searches for news about the Flint water crisis registered a first, moderate uptick in Flint. In the week of May 11, News and Media searches about Flint water issues increased 17% from the week before. That share again grew in each of the following two weeks, by 26% and 13% respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"ymunzrlmfj\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"owuytjlntd\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 1023 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-1023\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1024\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-1023{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:1024px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-1023 p{\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:13px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:18px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin:0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-1023 .g-aiPstyle0 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{\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-1023 .g-aiPstyle11 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#733d47;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-1023-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai0-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/24122742\/2014_wide-search-line-charts-1023.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.1872%;left:0.0638%;width:100.0707%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">News and Media search interest reached second-highest level in Flint and Michigan in August 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for the News and Media category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.2825%;left:41.8209%;width:3.3123%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.2825%;left:54.693%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:21.3541%;left:3.9103%;width:13.3572%;margin-left:-6.6786%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:29.1627%;left:32.3922%;width:7.688%;margin-left:-3.844%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Sep 5<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint issues another advisory<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:40.796%;left:28.9388%;width:6.984%;margin-left:-3.492%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Aug 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Boil water advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:41.2741%;left:18.4825%;width:9.1466%;margin-left:-4.5733%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Apr 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint switches from Detroit to Flint River for tap water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:41.2741%;left:36.9141%;width:8.0908%;margin-left:-4.0454%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Oct 13<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">GM stops using Flint River water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.7715%;left:3.9103%;width:13.3572%;margin-left:-6.6786%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:9.373%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:12.2741%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:15.0691%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:18.2206%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:21.043%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:24.3077%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p 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style=\"top:75.5363%;left:63.3332%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:66.2069%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:69.1824%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:72.1299%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:75.1004%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:78.0937%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:81.2547%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:84.1558%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:86.9509%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:90.1024%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:92.9249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.5363%;left:96.1894%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.6796%;left:25.7579%;width:6.4201%;margin-left:-3.2101%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.6796%;left:59.9376%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.6796%;left:88.3555%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:84.5%;left:0.1537%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"zdkyymqmgu\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 500 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-500\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" data-max-width=\"1023\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-500{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-500 p{\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:13px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:18px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin:0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-500 .g-aiPstyle0 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:20px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:20px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-500 .g-aiPstyle1 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:georgia,'times new 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}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-500-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai1-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/24122739\/2014_wide-search-line-charts-500.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.5006%;left:0.1255%;width:99.5931%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">News and Media search interest reached second-highest level in Flint and Michigan in August 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for the News and Media category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.0267%;left:7.4031%;width:27.3555%;margin-left:-13.6777%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.1858%;left:35.7107%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.1858%;left:57.2727%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.1881%;left:37.9529%;width:19.3205%;margin-left:-9.6602%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Aug 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Boil water advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.0986%;left:22.3868%;width:22.4785%;margin-left:-11.2392%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Apr 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint switches from Detroit to Flint River for tap water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.0986%;left:52.3771%;width:21.1645%;margin-left:-10.5823%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Sep 5<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint issues another advisory<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:56.9639%;left:51.9346%;width:22.5828%;margin-left:-11.2914%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Oct 13<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">GM stops using Flint River water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.375%;left:7.4031%;width:27.3555%;margin-left:-13.6777%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:18.5907%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:20.9322%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:23.0564%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:26.1107%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:28.491%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:31.7769%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:34.2942%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:36.9797%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:39.6736%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:42.1101%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:44.7935%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:47.3238%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:50.3976%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:52.8862%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:55.1575%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:58.1589%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:60.4861%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:63.7192%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:66.3836%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:68.8161%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:71.4571%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:74.0406%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:76.6712%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:79.3484%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:82.3694%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:84.858%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:87.1293%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:90.1306%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:92.4579%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.6491%;left:95.691%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.627%;left:33.7469%;width:13.1484%;margin-left:-6.5742%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.627%;left:59.9469%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.627%;left:86.7469%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:85.1276%;left:0.3095%;width:99.5165%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ytnjmtvlyt\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 280 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"280\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:280px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280 p{\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:13px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:18px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin:0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle0 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:20px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:20px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle1 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:16px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-style:italic;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle2 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{\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:-0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle8 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:15px;\nletter-spacing:-0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#808285;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle9 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle10 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2014_wide-search-line-charts-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai2-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/24122737\/2014_wide-search-line-charts-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.1702%;left:0.9537%;width:99.287%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">News and Media search interest reached second-highest level in Flint and Michigan in August 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for the News and Media category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.5321%;left:12.7725%;width:48.8491%;margin-left:-24.4245%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.151%;right:15.7548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:33.2185%;right:15.7548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:40.2482%;left:50.9524%;width:5.0837%;margin-left:-2.5419%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:43.2806%;left:47.2021%;width:4.5494%;margin-left:-2.2747%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.8292%;left:43.9883%;width:4.7538%;margin-left:-2.3769%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:51.6886%;left:38.0949%;width:4.329%;margin-left:-2.1645%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:53.3426%;left:12.7725%;width:48.8491%;margin-left:-24.4245%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:61.7507%;left:41.861%;width:23.4794%;margin-left:-11.7397%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:61.7507%;left:67.2181%;width:23.4794%;margin-left:-11.7397%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:61.7507%;left:90.7896%;width:23.4794%;margin-left:-11.7397%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.1614%;left:10.0104%;width:88.0277%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Apr 25<\/strong> Flint switches from Detroit to Flint River for tap water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.4371%;left:2.2654%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.6749%;left:10.0104%;width:74.6892%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\"><strong>Aug 16<\/strong> Boil water advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9506%;left:2.1498%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.9829%;left:10.0104%;width:77.3793%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\"><strong>Sep 5<\/strong> Flint issues another advisory<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.2586%;left:2.1498%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.291%;left:10.0104%;width:87.7389%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\"><strong>Oct 13<\/strong> GM stops using Flint River water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.5667%;left:2.1498%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:83.8045%;left:-0.1615%;width:100.1178%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#owuytjlntd.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#zdkyymqmgu.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#ytnjmtvlyt.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>News and Media searches in Flint remained somewhat elevated over the next seven weeks, but then a larger increase occurred both within Flint and across Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Searches increased at the state level first. In the week beginning July 13, 2014, search interest in Michigan related to news about the Flint crisis shot up 38% from the week prior. It then continued to grow through the week of Aug. 3, reaching the second-highest peak for News and Media searches in Michigan over the entire 2&nbsp;\u00bd-year time range, second only to when Obama declared a national state of emergency in January 2016. Over the four weeks of continuous increases, searches about news on the water crisis in Michigan experienced a threefold increase before returning to pre-peak levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f2f2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase1_changeDots.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61696 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the city of Flint, meanwhile, searches for news about the crisis began to rise again a week later than in Michigan (July 20). Within this more heavily impacted geographic area, searches rose 27% over the previous week and continued to increase for the next three weeks (adding 67%, 47% and 15% each consecutive week), reaching their peak the week of Aug. 10. That was the same week fecal coliform bacteria were detected in Flint\u2019s water, leading to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2014\/08\/flint_issues_boil_water_notice.html\">\u201cboil water\u201d advisory issued by the city on Aug. 16<\/a>.&nbsp;Over the whole four-week time span,&nbsp;News and Media searches in the Flint area more than tripled from what they were before the rises began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f2f2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_2014-circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61679 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both of these stretches of heightened News and Media searches occurred weeks <em>before<\/em> the advisory was published. In another sign that the public may have been ahead of the local government and news media, on July 30 \u2013 during the period of increased search activity \u2013 the city responded to citizen complaints about the color of the water by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2014\/07\/flint_starting_to_flush_out_di.html\">flushing out the city\u2019s fire hydrants<\/a>,&nbsp;but they did not test the water\u2019s safety at that time.&nbsp;The first period of heightened search also preceded a rise in news media attention to the crisis. From May 25 through the week ending Aug. 16, the media audit data show no rise in regional news coverage. Across these 12 weeks there were never more than two stories per week in the outlets audited, and an average of one per week.[2. During the month of July there were five stories identified in local and regional news coverage, mainly about the rising water prices due to the switch from Detroit\u2019s water system to Flint River and one story about a protest organized by a local city councilman in response to the rising. There was also no point during these five weeks in which coverage rose above the baseline level even as search interest was rising through the week starting Aug. 3 in Michigan and Aug. 10 in Flint.] During the week following the boil advisory, on the other hand, local and regional news media attention grew, with a total of five stories that week among the outlets studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is worth noting that, separate from health-related coverage, there were two weeks \u2013 April 13 through April 26 \u2013 when one media outlet in particular gave increased attention to the switch itself and how the costs might trickle down to local residents (there were 14 stories identified during these two weeks). But this was not sustained and was not about the water itself or any health issues, as was the case for the News and Media search category (with terms such as \u201cdrinking water crisis news\u201d and \u201clead poisoning news\u201d).[3. Similarly, the week of May 25 that News and Media searches peaked, there was one New York Times story about the business repercussions that a water supply switch would have on the city of Detroit. This could have had some impact on searches though the lack of local coverage and the fact that the piece did not focus at all on water quality, and the fact that searches had already begun to rise before the publication of the story suggests that this story could not have triggered the rise in searches.]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"odqwmgzmym\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"yenqmzgwod\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 1023 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2014-media-line-chart-1023\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1024\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2014-media-line-chart-1023{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:1024px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2014-media-line-chart-1023 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{\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2014-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle11 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#a9a9a9;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2014-media-line-chart-1023-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai0-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/24174542\/2014-media-line-chart-1023.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.2006%;left:0.026%;width:100.0707%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Local and regional news coverage about the Flint water crisis was minimal in 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:16.3228%;left:31.776%;width:13.641%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Local\/regional media <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:16.3228%;left:58.4176%;width:18.8723%;margin-left:-9.4361%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">National media <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:23.044%;left:5.0549%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:32.3256%;left:5.0549%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">200<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.0859%;left:32.3922%;width:7.688%;margin-left:-3.844%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Sep 5<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Flint issues another 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class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:18.4158%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:21.2382%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:24.5029%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:27.4898%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:30.3636%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:33.3391%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" 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id=\"g-ai0-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:75.1002%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:78.0934%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:81.2545%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:84.1557%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:86.9507%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:90.1022%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:92.9245%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:69.4521%;left:96.1891%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6128%;left:24.4881%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6128%;left:59.9376%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6128%;left:88.3556%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.7736%;left:0.1537%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. For a full list of news outlets, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Source: Pew Research Center audit of local, regional and national news coverage of the Flint water crisis, Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"mjiyzdioth\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 500 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2014-media-line-chart-500\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" data-max-width=\"1023\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2014-media-line-chart-500{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% 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{\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2014-media-line-chart-500-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai3-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/24174540\/2014-media-line-chart-500.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.0239%;left:0.3191%;width:99.0599%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Local and regional news coverage about the Flint water crisis was minimal in 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.1514%;left:18.3107%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Local\/regional<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div 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class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.8459%;left:57.7551%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.8459%;left:86.7551%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.5898%;left:0.4102%;width:99.2122%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. 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}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2014-media-line-chart-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai4-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/24174537\/2014-media-line-chart-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.4329%;left:0.7641%;width:97.7717%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Local and regional news coverage about the Flint water crisis was minimal in 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:21.1282%;left:0.3165%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Local\/regional<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:21.1282%;left:58.1056%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">National<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.7624%;left:1.3438%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:30.6039%;left:1.5224%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">200<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:32.0124%;left:33.7003%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.0612%;left:1.5224%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">150<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.7015%;left:37.7479%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.7015%;left:30.486%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.0064%;left:21.0812%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.5186%;left:1.5224%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">100<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:41.1039%;left:4.0381%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">50<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:44.4332%;left:6.5538%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:46.482%;left:21.5243%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:46.482%;left:55.5428%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:46.482%;left:83.3107%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:52.2443%;left:3.0233%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:52.3723%;left:10.7683%;width:89.5888%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Apr 25<\/strong>  Flint switches from Detroit to Flint River for tap water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.4943%;left:10.5953%;width:89.4046%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Aug 16<\/strong> Boil water advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.4943%;left:2.9077%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:60.4394%;left:10.1785%;width:90.1786%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Sep 5<\/strong> Flint issues another advisory<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:60.4394%;left:2.9077%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:63.3846%;left:10.1785%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Oct 13<\/strong> GM stops using Flint River water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:63.5126%;left:2.9077%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.9944%;left:0.5562%;width:99.6647%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. For a full list of news outlets, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Source: Pew Research Center audit of local, regional and national news coverage of the Flint water crisis, Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#yenqmzgwod.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#mjiyzdioth.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#nwflmmniow.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Later in 2014, however, the first increase in search activity related to public health elements of the crisis coincided with government activity and a small uptick in local and regional media coverage.<\/strong> On Sept. 5, another advisory was issued, following more positive tests for coliform bacteria. During that same week, searches in Flint under the Public Health category increased 6% from the week before and continued to grow through the next two weeks. Over the three weeks, search interest in public health grew 25%. Local and regional news media also turned to the issue at slightly higher rates, producing 11 stories in the first two full weeks of September, up from just two during the two weeks prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Still, all these periods of heightened search activity in 2014 would not surpass the search levels in 2015 and 2016.<\/strong> Even though searches in the News and Media category in Flint reached, in August 2014, their second-highest point of the entire time range studied, the average search activity for this category was still lower overall in 2014 than in the other two phases. Proportionally, there were 18% more news searches per week in Flint 2015, on average, and 150% more in 2016. As with the News and Media category, Public Health searches would register much higher levels after 2014. Even though the week of Sept. 14, 2014, marked a notable rise in search activity related to Flint public health information, search interest for this category was relatively small compared with the two later phases (27% more Public Health searches in 2015 than in 2014, on average, and 235% more in first half of 2016 than in 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f8f7f8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f8f7f8;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-61723 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase2_hero.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" id=\"local-and-regional-interest-broadens-january-december-201\">Local and regional interest broadens, January-December 2015<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015, Google searches by users in the Flint area moved beyond the unfolding facts of the news story itself to how the events were impacting their own lives. All but one of the categories \u2013 Politics and Government \u2013 experienced upticks. Still, all the increases occurred over a two-month time range and were again only in Flint and Michigan. National search interest and Twitter activity remained relatively flat over the course of 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e8e3d7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e3d7;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase2_matrix.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61709 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"brief-search-chronology\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brief search chronology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015, the first notable instance of elevated search activity occurred in September. Google users in Flint searched for news about the crisis at heightened levels the week of Sept. 6, up 9% from the week before. Search interest continued to climb for another three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During that same first week in September, Flint residents also began connecting the crisis more directly to their own lives, with increased search activity in the Personal Health and Public Health categories. Searches related to personal health sustained heightened activity for a week longer than searches for news, hitting their second-highest point in the entire 2&nbsp;\u00bd-year time range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Searches in the Public Health category also increased at the state level from the week starting on Sept. 6 through the week of Sept. 27 (a 268% rise over four weeks). 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}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2015-summary-graphic-1023-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai0-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/26190055\/2015-summary-graphic-1023.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.1856%;left:0.1312%;width:100.0707%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Four search categories about the Flint water crisis saw increased activity in fall 2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for each category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:15.5903%;left:78.8993%;width:23.1266%;margin-left:-11.5633%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Public health and contaminants in Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:15.5903%;left:30.8519%;width:22.0941%;margin-left:-11.0471%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Personal health, public health and news in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.9552%;left:3.6564%;width:6.901%;margin-left:-3.4505%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.2665%;right:59.3505%;width:15.2544%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Oct 1<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Genesee County issues public health emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.0287%;left:85.4102%;width:12.3862%;margin-left:-6.1931%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Sep 24\u201325<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">High blood levels detected in Flint children. 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id=\"g-ai0-56\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:64.9264%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-57\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:66.2997%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-58\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:67.7602%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-59\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:69.1967%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-60\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:70.6529%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-61\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:72.1287%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-62\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:73.553%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-63\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:74.9586%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-64\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:76.2735%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-65\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:77.8937%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-66\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:79.2319%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-67\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:80.9491%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-68\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:82.4284%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-69\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:83.8106%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-70\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:85.2801%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-71\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:86.7254%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-72\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:88.1905%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-73\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:89.6753%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-74\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:91.2%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-75\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:92.5%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-76\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:93.8%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-77\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:95.5%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-78\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:97.0358%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-79\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.8059%;left:98.4%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-80\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.0113%;left:15.4634%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-81\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.0113%;left:34.0181%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-82\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.0113%;left:47.6899%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-83\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.0113%;left:62.436%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-84\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.0113%;left:80.0142%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-85\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.0113%;left:94.6626%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-86\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:84.3625%;left:0.264%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p 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src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/26194750\/2015-summary-graphic-500.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.3425%;left:0.3512%;width:99.2555%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Four search categories about the Flint water crisis saw increased activity in fall 2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for each category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:13.4241%;left:50.521%;width:68.9764%;margin-left:-34.4882%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Personal health, public health and news in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.6406%;right:24.3498%;width:31.241%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Oct 1<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Genesee County issues public health emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:20.001%;left:7.394%;width:14.1332%;margin-left:-7.0666%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.1274%;right:26.0225%;width:28.3367%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Sep 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Lead advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.8935%;left:77.6168%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">High point<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.2001%;left:77.8168%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">HP<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.8308%;left:51.2915%;width:22.6955%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Personal health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:43.8761%;left:77.8168%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">HP<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:44.0563%;left:51.2914%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Public health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:45.678%;left:7.394%;width:13.9333%;margin-left:-6.9667%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:48.1105%;right:42.0894%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle17\">News<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:8.1618%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Months<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:19.5015%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:22.162%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:24.6363%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:27.5365%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:30.0589%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:32.9576%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:35.5691%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:38.3816%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:40.7729%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:43.5148%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:46.2971%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:48.9195%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:51.7016%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:54.3621%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:56.8363%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:59.7365%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:62.259%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:65.1576%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:67.7691%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:70.5816%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:72.9729%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:75.7148%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:78.4971%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:81.1195%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:83.9016%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:86.5621%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:89.0363%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:91.9365%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:94.459%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:50.6332%;left:97.3576%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:52.6152%;left:36.6691%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:52.6152%;left:60.669%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:52.6152%;left:88.669%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.5704%;left:50.521%;width:75.6372%;margin-left:-37.8186%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Public health and contaminants in Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:62.7959%;left:74.3227%;width:25.3669%;margin-left:-12.6835%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">Sep 24\u201325<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">High blood levels detected in Flint children. Flint issues lead warning<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-49\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:62.7058%;left:7.394%;width:14.1332%;margin-left:-7.0666%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-50\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:80.0941%;right:63.7898%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle18\">Public health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-51\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.5356%;right:63.7898%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle19\">Contaminants<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-52\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:82.2564%;left:60%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">High point<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-53\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:82.4366%;left:7.394%;width:13.9333%;margin-left:-6.9667%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-54\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:83.0672%;left:77.5879%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">HP<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-55\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:19.5015%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-56\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:22.162%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-57\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:24.6363%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-58\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:27.5365%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-59\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:30.0589%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-60\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:32.9576%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-61\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:35.5691%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-62\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:38.3816%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-63\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:40.7729%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-64\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:43.5148%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-65\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:46.2971%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-66\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:48.9195%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-67\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:51.7016%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-68\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:54.3621%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-69\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:56.8363%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-70\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:59.7365%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-71\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:62.259%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-72\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:65.1576%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-73\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:67.7691%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-74\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:70.5816%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-75\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:72.9729%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-76\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:75.7148%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-77\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:78.4971%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-78\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:81.1195%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-79\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:83.9016%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-80\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:86.5621%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-81\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:89.0363%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-82\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:91.9365%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-83\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:94.459%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-84\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.3918%;left:97.3576%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-85\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:89.3738%;left:36.6691%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-86\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:89.3738%;left:60.669%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-87\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:89.3738%;left:88.669%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-88\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:90.9054%;left:0.6007%;width:98.3654%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle16\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" 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{\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:right;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#414042;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2015-summary-graphic-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai2-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/26190300\/2015-summary-graphic-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:1.4304%;left:0.1089%;width:99.5966%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Four search categories about the Flint water crisis saw increased activity in fall 2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for each category within each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:16.4916%;left:49.4438%;width:72.8535%;margin-left:-36.4268%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Personal health, public health and news in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:21.7924%;left:13.2803%;width:25.2379%;margin-left:-12.6189%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:22.718%;right:20.0718%;width:44.9119%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Oct 1<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Genesee County issues public health emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:30.4589%;right:23.7729%;width:50.6013%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Sep 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Lead advisory issued<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:35.339%;left:60.8211%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">High pt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.695%;right:49.1778%;width:40.5276%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Personal health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:39.3778%;right:49.1776%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">Public health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:39.9668%;left:67.7679%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">HP<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:40.9765%;right:49.1776%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">News<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.1187%;left:65.8633%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">HP<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:48.2967%;left:13.2803%;width:24.881%;margin-left:-12.4405%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:53.3451%;left:37.9381%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:53.3451%;left:65.4381%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:53.3451%;left:86.1524%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.9729%;left:50.3761%;width:83.8043%;margin-left:-41.9022%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Public health and contaminants in Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:63.442%;left:76.3673%;width:45.298%;margin-left:-22.649%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Sep 24\u201325<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">High blood levels detected in Flint children. Flint issues lead warning<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:63.3579%;left:13.2803%;width:25.2379%;margin-left:-12.6189%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Larger proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.7913%;right:45.6201%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle16\">Public health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.1375%;right:45.6201%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle17\">Contaminants<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:80.3543%;left:59.9195%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">High pt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.7846%;left:13.2803%;width:24.881%;margin-left:-12.4405%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Smaller proportion of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:82.4578%;left:56.5713%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">High pt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:86.6648%;left:37.9381%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:86.6648%;left:65.4381%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:86.6648%;left:86.1524%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:88.7683%;left:0.971%;width:98.8073%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#ndcndziyzh.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#ytixyjmzyw.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#zwqyzkyytl.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In early fall 2015, as more became known about the severity of the water contamination, residents in both Flint and across Michigan began searching intently about the personal and public health implications. <\/strong>Signs of increased activity in Flint began the week starting Sept. 6<sub>,<\/sub> when searches related to personal health issues such as \u201cFlint water bathing\u201d and \u201ctap water cloudy\u201d grew 9% over the previous week and searches in the Public Health category such as \u201cwater pollution agriculture\u201d and \u201clead test school\u201d grew 2%. These were followed by continuous increases through the week starting on Oct. 4. 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}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-1023-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai3-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/24132754\/2015_wide-search-line-charts-1023.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.1571%;left:0.0638%;width:100.0707%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Personal and public health searches in Flint increased as evidence of water contamination mounted<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for Personal Health or Public Health categories within Flint area<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:20.8367%;right:28.7732%;width:15.449%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Sep 24\u201325<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">High blood lead levels detected in Flint children; 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style=\"top:84.6095%;left:0.1537%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014-July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"nmfmmmumtc\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 500 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-500\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" 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id=\"g-ai4-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:21.7188%;left:72.8333%;width:21.2667%;margin-left:-10.6333%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Oct 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Flint reconnects to Detroit water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.375%;left:7.6325%;width:27.3555%;margin-left:-13.6777%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.4063%;right:28.5364%;width:30.0636%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Oct 1<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Genesee County issues public health emergency <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:41.4063%;right:28.5364%;width:47.1302%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Sep 24\u201325<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">High blood lead levels detected in Flint children; Flint issues lead warning<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.0313%;left:65.5%;width:13.6%;margin-left:-6.8%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Personal health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.4063%;left:63.8393%;width:32.2676%;margin-left:-16.1338%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">Public health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:68.9063%;left:7.6325%;width:27.3555%;margin-left:-13.6777%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:19.2979%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:21.7877%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:24.0603%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:27.0628%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:29.3913%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:32.6256%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:35.2911%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:37.7249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:40.3671%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:42.9519%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:45.5836%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:48.2621%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:51.2843%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:53.774%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:56.0466%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:59.0491%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:61.3776%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:64.6119%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:67.2774%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:69.7112%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:72.3534%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:74.9382%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:77.5699%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:80.2484%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:83.2706%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:85.7604%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:88.0329%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:91.0354%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:93.364%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.3438%;left:96.5982%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.4063%;left:30.8543%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.4063%;left:60.8543%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.4063%;left:87.6543%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai4-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:84.8438%;left:0.139%;width:98.9934%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014-July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"yjlmymniot\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 280 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"280\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:280px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 p{\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:13px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:18px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin:0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle0 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:20px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:20px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:-0.025em;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle1 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:16px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-style:italic;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:-0.0025em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle2 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:-0.025em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle3 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:11px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:13px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle4 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#756a7e;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle5 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle6 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\nletter-spacing:-0.025em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle7 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:15px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#808285;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle8 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280 .g-aiPstyle9 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#949d49;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2015_wide-search-line-charts-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai5-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/24132749\/2015_wide-search-line-charts-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.9217%;left:0.665%;width:99.287%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Personal and public health searches in Flint increased as evidence of water contamination mounted<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water crisis-related terms for Personal Health or Public Health categories within Flint area<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:27.4901%;left:12.484%;width:48.8491%;margin-left:-24.4245%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:35.1927%;left:73.7642%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.7159%;left:78.0468%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:41.8328%;left:77.6516%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:46.4809%;left:63.031%;width:23.3929%;margin-left:-11.6964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Personal health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:54.0506%;left:12.484%;width:48.8491%;margin-left:-24.4245%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:59.6283%;left:66.1563%;width:57.6193%;margin-left:-28.8096%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Public health<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:63.0812%;left:41.5725%;width:20.1256%;margin-left:-10.0628%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:63.0812%;left:67.6439%;width:20.1256%;margin-left:-10.0628%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:63.0812%;left:89.0725%;width:20.1256%;margin-left:-10.0628%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.7996%;left:9.7219%;width:89.5888%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\"><strong>Sep 24\u201325<\/strong> High blood lead levels detected in Flint children; <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Flint issues lead warning<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.9324%;left:2.0754%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.1038%;left:9.7219%;width:89.5888%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\"><strong>Oct 1<\/strong> Genesee County issues public health emergency <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2366%;left:1.9694%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.4159%;left:9.7219%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\"><strong>Oct 16<\/strong> Flint reconnects to Detroit water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.5487%;left:2.0203%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:83.4%;left:0.2482%;width:99.4197%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014-July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#yzmnmezjgn.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#nmfmmmumtc.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#yjlmymniot.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, searches in Michigan under the Public Health category also experienced an increase from the week of Sept. 6 through the week of Sept. 27 (the proportion of searches more than tripled over these four weeks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These five weeks of increased search activity coincided with a series of public reports and government actions that shed more light on the extent of the contamination, the individuals affected and the additional steps local residents needed to take. On Sept. 2, Marc Edwards, a researcher from Virginia Tech, released the <a href=\"http:\/\/flintwaterstudy.org\/2015\/09\/flint-rivers-water-is-very-corrosive-to-lead-and-causing-lead-contamination-in-homes\/\">results of tests<\/a> he conducted on Flint water samples in which lead was found. This was followed by the results of tests <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/09\/29\/444497051\/high-lead-levels-in-michigan-kids-after-city-switches-water-source\">conducted by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha<\/a>, a pediatrician, who found that the number of children with elevated levels of lead in their bloodstream had doubled since the water source was switched in April 2014.&nbsp;In response, on Sept. 25, the city of Flint issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/michiganradio.org\/post\/flint-issues-warning-about-lead-citys-drinking-water#stream\/0\">lead warning<\/a> and on Oct. 1 Genesee County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gc4me.com\/docs\/public_health_emergency_announcement_10_1_15.pdf\">declared a public health emergency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase2_change-dots.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61706\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f2f2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase2_circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61705 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google searches in Flint for news related to the events also rose during this time period, up 9% the week of Sept. 6 and 76% the next week. They reached their high point the week of Sept. 27, for a total increase of 223% over the four-week time span. Even as events persisted and the county issued its emergency advisory, however, searches for news began to fall back, while those related to public or personal health continued to rise for another week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Increased search activity in Flint coincided not only with events but also with heightened local and regional media coverage. <\/strong>In 2015, from the week starting Sept. 6 through the week beginning Oct. 4, researchers identified 154 news stories produced by the local and regional outlets audited. That compares with a total of 207 stories that were identified for all of 2015 prior to this point (week of Jan. 4 though week of Aug. 30). By contrast, national coverage remained largely flat throughout the year, with a small uptick from the week of Sept. 27 through the week starting Oct. 4; there were 10 stories identified in total over this two-week time range, up from virtually none since the beginning of 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"zjmxyzgymw\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ywyzgnloda\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 1023 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2015-media-line-chart-1023\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1024\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:1024px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 p{\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:13px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:18px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin:0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle0 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:20px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:20px;\nfont-weight:700;\nletter-spacing:-0.05em;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle1 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:16px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-style:italic;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle2 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#9f802e;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle3 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#562e35;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle4 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle5 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:center;\nletter-spacing:-0.02em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle6 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle7 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#a9a9a9;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle8 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:15px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#808285;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle9 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n                        #g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle10 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n #g-2015-media-line-chart-1023 .g-aiPstyle11 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2015-media-line-chart-1023-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai1-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/25105705\/2015-media-line-chart-1023.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.102%;left:0.0259%;width:100.0707%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Flint water crisis draws local and regional news media attention as the extent of water contamination comes to light<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:15.8202%;left:31.7762%;width:13.641%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Local\/regional media <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:15.8202%;left:58.4178%;width:18.8723%;margin-left:-9.4361%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">National media <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:22.0242%;left:70.6473%;width:8.3874%;margin-left:-4.1937%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Oct 1<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Genesee County issues public health emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:22.0242%;left:78.5879%;width:9.1223%;margin-left:-4.5612%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Dec 14<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">State of emergency declared in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.9874%;left:5.0549%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:30.0894%;left:44.9714%;width:13.1932%;margin-left:-6.5966%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Jan 2<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">City of Flint issues warning that water contains high levels of toxic byproducts<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:35.9832%;left:5.0549%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">200<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.9995%;left:66.3285%;width:7.8562%;margin-left:-3.9281%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Sep 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint issues lead warning<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.9995%;left:74.6898%;width:6.9737%;margin-left:-3.4869%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Oct 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint reconnects to Detroit water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:44.5137%;left:5.0549%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">150<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.1504%;left:50.6683%;width:11.247%;margin-left:-5.6235%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Feb 3<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Gov. 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id=\"g-ai1-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:36.2865%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:39.2571%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:42.2503%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:45.4114%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:48.3125%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:51.1076%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:54.2591%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:57.0815%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:60.3461%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:63.3331%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:66.2069%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:69.1824%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:72.1299%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:75.1004%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:78.0937%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:81.2548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:84.1559%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:86.951%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:90.1025%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:92.9249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.9663%;left:96.1895%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.9989%;left:24.4883%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.9989%;left:60.6211%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75.9989%;left:88.3555%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-49\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:80.0315%;left:0.1537%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. For a full list of news outlets, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Source: Pew Research Center audit of local, regional and national news coverage of the Flint water crisis, Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ztaztimjkz\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 500 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2015-media-line-chart-500\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" data-max-width=\"1023\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 p{\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:13px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:18px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin:0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle0 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:20px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:20px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle1 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:16px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-style:italic;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle2 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#9f802e;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle3 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle4 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\nletter-spacing:-0.02em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle5 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:right;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle6 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\nletter-spacing:-0.02em;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align:right;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle7 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle8 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#a9a9a9;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle9 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle10 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:15px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#808285;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle11 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle12 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#562e35;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2015-media-line-chart-500 .g-aiPstyle13 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2015-media-line-chart-500-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai5-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/25105703\/2015-media-line-chart-500.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.9024%;left:0.2528%;width:99.4285%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Flint water crisis draws local and regional news media attention as the extent of water contamination comes to light<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:20.3166%;left:21.3004%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Local\/regional<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:20.3166%;left:55.6623%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">National<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:25.7256%;left:74.6633%;width:23.6367%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Dec 14<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">State of emergency declared in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:25.8575%;right:29.5%;width:22.7%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Oct 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Flint reconnects to Detroit water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:32.19%;left:0.3523%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:36.2797%;right:30.9691%;width:30.7309%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Oct 1<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Genesee County issues public health emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:39.8417%;left:0.3523%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">200<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:45.6464%;right:53.8%;width:36.6667%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Feb 3<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Gov. Snyder approves $2M for water system improvements <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:45.6464%;right:33.9577%;width:16.0896%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Sep 25<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Flint issues lead warning<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.0976%;left:0.3523%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">150<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:54.2216%;left:0.3523%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">100<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:55.0132%;right:57.2316%;width:32.5684%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Jan 2<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">City of Flint issues warning that water contains high levels of toxic byproducts<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:61.4776%;left:1.7611%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">50<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:68.3377%;left:3.1699%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:78.2586%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:81.0002%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:83.5244%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:86.5787%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:89.3588%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:92.6449%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:7.8984%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:10.64%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:13.1643%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:16.2186%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:18.9986%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:22.2848%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:25.202%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:28.0875%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:30.9814%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:33.7178%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:36.7014%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:39.6316%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:42.8318%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:45.7734%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:48.4977%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:51.552%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:54.332%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:57.6182%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:60.5354%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:63.4209%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:66.3148%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:69.0512%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:72.0348%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7124%;left:74.965%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6148%;left:21.5547%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6148%;left:55.7552%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6148%;left:83.5552%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai5-49\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:76.9129%;left:0.068%;width:99.7964%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. For a full list of news outlets, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Source: Pew Research Center audit of local, regional and national news coverage of the Flint water crisis, Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ogqzgewywe\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 280 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2015-media-line-chart-280\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"280\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:280px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 p{\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:13px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:18px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin:0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle0 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:20px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:20px;\nfont-weight:700;\nletter-spacing:-0.05em;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle1 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:16px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-style:italic;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle2 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#9f802e;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle3 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle4 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle5 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle6 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:15px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#808285;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle7 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle8 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:11px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2015-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle9 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#562e35;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2015-media-line-chart-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai6-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/25105701\/2015-media-line-chart-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.2348%;left:0.2695%;width:99.4031%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Flint water crisis draws local and regional news media attention as the extent of water contamination comes to light<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:20.8951%;left:2.1023%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Local\/regional<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:20.8951%;left:59.8915%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">National<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.9177%;left:1.5159%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:25.8116%;left:77.6323%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:27.3759%;left:71.3823%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.1581%;left:1.6944%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">200<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:30.6164%;left:68.168%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.175%;left:1.6944%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">150<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.7337%;left:75.1323%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">E<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:32.7394%;left:48.8823%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.192%;left:1.6944%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">100<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:35.3094%;left:45.8466%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.3207%;left:4.2101%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">50<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:40.2259%;left:6.7258%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.0137%;left:24.7385%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.0137%;left:59.4714%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.0137%;left:84.7392%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:46.7067%;left:2.6625%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:46.8184%;left:10.4075%;width:78.9412%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Jan 2<\/strong> City of Flint issues warning that water contains high levels of toxic byproducts<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:53.0758%;left:10.2345%;width:89.4046%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Feb 3<\/strong> Gov. Snyder approves $2M for water system improvements <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:53.0758%;left:2.5468%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.4336%;left:9.8177%;width:90.1786%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Sep 25<\/strong> Flint issues lead warning<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.4336%;left:2.5468%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:60.1153%;left:9.8177%;width:90.0012%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Oct 1<\/strong> Genesee County issues public health emergency<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:60.1153%;left:2.5468%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.5849%;left:9.8177%;width:90.0012%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Oct 16<\/strong> Flint reconnects to Detroit water<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.5849%;left:2.5468%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">E<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.2666%;left:9.8177%;width:90.0012%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\"><strong>Dec 14<\/strong> State of emergency declared in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.2666%;left:2.5468%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.4009%;left:0.5458%;width:99.5173%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. For a full list of news outlets, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Source: Pew Research Center audit of local, regional and national news coverage of the Flint water crisis, Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#ywyzgnloda.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#ztaztimjkz.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#ogqzgewywe.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0ef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0ef;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_lede_2015-circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61678 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news coverage coincided very closely with the sharp boost in public desire to learn more about their own personal health and the state of health in their communities. In contrast with previous months, local and regional coverage in this instance remained elevated for a bit longer than public search interest. Even though search activity in public and personal health began to fall back down the week of Oct. 11, the local and regional media\u2019s attention to the issue remained somewhat higher through much of November. Local and regional media outlets produced another 192 stories from the week of Oct. 11 through the week of Nov. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A number of events in 2015 connected to the water crisis did not translate to any meaningful rise in search activity \u2013 even though some did receive media attention.<\/strong> On Jan. 2, for instance, the city <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2015\/01\/flint_water_has_high_disinfect.html\">published an advisory<\/a> about too much <a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/water_sanitation_health\/dwq\/chemicals\/THM200605.pdf\">disinfection byproduct in the water<\/a>, and a heated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2015\/01\/state_water_officials_tell_fli.html\">City Hall meeting<\/a> about the crisis was held on Jan. 21, followed seven days later by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2015\/01\/28\/flint-bottled-water\/22495451\/\">distribution of bottled water<\/a> in a giveaway program. In February, Gov. Snyder approved $2 million in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2015\/02\/governor_awards_flint_2_millio.html\">infrastructure improvements<\/a>, and in March the Environmental Protection Agency stepped in after Flint resident <a href=\"http:\/\/michiganradio.org\/post\/mom-helped-uncover-what-was-really-going-flint-s-water\">LeeAnne Walters\u2019 son developed skin rashes<\/a>; subsequent tests of her home\u2019s tap water found high levels of lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During this time, however, not one of the five search categories studied showed any major signs of increased search activity in any of the geographic areas studied. This was the case even amid elevated local and regional news coverage through early February of that year, which gradually declined as spring began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light is-style-default\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eae8e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eae8e2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-61724 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase3_hero.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 id=\"water-safety-concerns-register-nationally-january-july-2016\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Water safety concerns register nationally, January-July 2016<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If 2015 was when interest among Flint-area residents turned personal, the first half of 2016 was when interest in water safety and the dynamics of the story registered nationally. High-level national activity and intense media coverage related to Flint aligned closely with individuals at the local, state and national levels turning to Google at an increasing rate to learn more about the different elements of the water crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efefef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efefef;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase3_matrix.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61708 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"brief-search-chronology\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brief search chronology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public search interest grew dramatically in January 2016 across all aspects of the crisis, corresponding closely to significant events and heightened media coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the national level, searches about news and personal health issues showed some first small signs of increased activity the last week of December 2015, but it was in January 2016 that search activity really took off. From the week of Jan. 3 through the week of Jan. 24, searches for all five categories increased by up to 19 times what they were before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within Flint and across Michigan, the story was similar. In Flint, searches in all but the Contaminants category (data for this category were not available for Flint because the level of activity was below the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-methodology\/\">privacy threshold required by Google)<\/a>&nbsp;started increasing the week of Dec. 27, 2015, and also reached their highest points the week of Jan. 24. And across the state, the same pattern of growth was found in all five search categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/PJ_2017.04.27_Google-Flint_phase3_slopes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61703\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The involvement of the federal government in Flint\u2019s water issues and the launch of national-level search activity coincided with accompanying national news coverage.<\/strong> On Dec. 14, 2015, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofflint.com\/state-of-emergency\/\">state of emergency was declared in Flint<\/a>, followed about three weeks later by another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc12.com\/news\/headlines\/Gov-Snyder-declares-State-of-Emergency-for-Genesee-County-364282921.html\">state of emergency<\/a> for Genesee County (containing Flint and the larger Flint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2017\/04\/27\/google-flint-terminology\/#DMA\">DMA<\/a>) and the state of Michigan (Jan. 4-5, 2016). A week later (Jan. 12), the governor activated the Michigan National Guard to help distribute filters and bottled water, and, on Jan. 16, President Obama <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2016\/01\/16\/president-obama-declares-emergency-flint\/78898604\/\">declared a state of emergency<\/a>, freeing up to $5 million in aid and assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. That same week (Jan. 10-16), local and regional news stories more than doubled from the week before: A total of 129 pieces were produced in the local and regional news media studied, compared with 55 the week prior. News stories found in national media studied here more than tripled during the same week from the week prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to note that the total number of Flint-related news stories identified in national as well as in local and regional news media was much larger in 2016 than in the two years before, even though only half the year was studied in 2016. More than four times as many stories were found in local and regional coverage in 2016 as in the previous year (from 668 news stories audited in 2015 to nearly 3,000 stories in 2016). National media also experienced dramatic increases in 2016. For these first six months of 2016, researchers identified a total of 749 news stories in national media coverage about the Flint water crisis, up from 25 stories the year before. 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g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.8336%;left:0.0258%;width:100.0707%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">After years as a local issue, national media turned to the Flint water crisis in 2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:12.6096%;left:79.8248%;width:16.337%;margin-left:-8.1685%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Jan 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">President Obama declares state of emergency and offers $5M in aid<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:12.6096%;left:91.0574%;width:6.5918%;margin-left:-3.2959%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Apr 20<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Criminal charges filed<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.2274%;left:74.3784%;width:13.1932%;margin-left:-6.5966%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Jan 4\u20135<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">State of emergency declared in Genesee County and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.2274%;left:86.1378%;width:8.6021%;margin-left:-4.301%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Mar 6<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Democratic presidential candidates hold a debate in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.2274%;left:91.6513%;width:7.3325%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">May 4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Obama addresses Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:33.1533%;left:5.0549%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer 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style=\"top:74.2407%;left:60.346%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:63.3331%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:66.2068%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:69.1824%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:72.13%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:75.1003%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:78.0937%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:81.2548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:84.1559%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:86.951%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:90.1024%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:92.9248%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.2407%;left:96.1894%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.9244%;left:24.4885%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.9244%;left:60.6213%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.9244%;left:87.3791%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:81.6081%;left:0.1537%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. For a full list of news outlets, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Pew Research Center audit of local, regional and national news coverage of the Flint water crisis, Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ztbinwmytv\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 500 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2016-media-line-chart-500\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" data-max-width=\"1023\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2016-media-line-chart-500{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2016-media-line-chart-500 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class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">May 4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Obama addresses Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.8596%;right:22.087%;width:30.1144%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Apr 20<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Criminal charges filed<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.9701%;right:22.087%;width:68.5892%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Mar 6<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Democratic presidential candidates hold a debate in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.0313%;right:22.087%;width:50.9892%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Jan 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">President Obama declares state of emergency and offers $5M in aid<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" 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style=\"top:73.6857%;left:25.1514%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:28.0686%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:30.9542%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:33.8481%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:36.5844%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:39.568%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:42.4983%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:45.6985%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:48.6401%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:51.3643%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:54.4186%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:57.1987%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:60.4848%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:63.402%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:66.2876%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:69.1815%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:71.9178%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:74.9014%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6857%;left:77.8317%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:76.1815%;left:24.4214%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:76.1815%;left:59.4218%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:76.1815%;left:86.4218%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.1527%;left:0.3124%;width:99.3824%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. For a full list of news outlets, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">Pew Research Center audit of local, regional and national news coverage of the Flint water crisis, Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ownmnjgzmv\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 280 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-2016-media-line-chart-280\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"280\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-2016-media-line-chart-280{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:280px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% 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{\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2016-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle5 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:-0.02em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2016-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle6 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:15px;\nletter-spacing:-0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#808285;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-2016-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle7 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2016-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle8 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:11px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-2016-media-line-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle9 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#562e35;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-2016-media-line-chart-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai8-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/25143008\/2016-media-line-chart-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.2033%;left:0.761%;width:98.8732%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">After years as a local issue, national media turned to the Flint water crisis in 2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Number of Flint water crisis-related stories identified in the local\/regional and national news outlets studied<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.598%;left:2.4829%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Local\/regional<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.598%;left:60.272%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">National<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:24.1206%;left:80.0341%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.208%;left:89.5912%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:27.5995%;left:76.8198%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:28.0634%;left:94.2007%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">E<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:29.1071%;left:85.0341%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:29.339%;left:1.8939%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">250 stories<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:32.8179%;left:2.0725%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">200<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:35.949%;left:2.0725%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">150<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:39.08%;left:2.0725%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">100<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.2111%;left:4.5882%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">50<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:45.3421%;left:7.1039%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.3135%;left:21.5452%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.3135%;left:56.278%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.3135%;left:83.6887%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:51.6042%;left:3.0405%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:51.7201%;left:10.7856%;width:88.9412%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Jan 4\u20135 State of emergency declared in Genesee County and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:56.3587%;left:10.6126%;width:85.2127%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Jan 16 President Obama declares state of emergency and offers $5M in aid<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:56.3587%;left:2.9249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:60.8813%;left:10.1959%;width:90.1786%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Mar 6 Democratic presidential candidates hold a debate in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:60.8813%;left:2.9249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:65.5199%;left:10.1958%;width:90.0012%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Apr 20 Criminal charges filed<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:65.5199%;left:2.9249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:68.6509%;left:10.1958%;width:90.0012%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">May 4 Obama addresses Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:68.6509%;left:2.9249%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">E<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.666%;left:0.4725%;width:99.3733%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. For a full list of news outlets, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Pew Research Center audit of local, regional and national news coverage of the Flint water crisis, Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#ytumgrlyzb.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#ztbinwmytv.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#ownmnjgzmv.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>The search data suggest that events in one region could spur people outside of that region to see whether similar events could affect them. <\/strong>At the national level, search terms related to public health, which include searches both directly relevant to Flint (e.g., \u201cFlint water diseases\u201d and \u201cFlint water legionnaires\u201d) as well as water quality issues more generally (e.g., \u201clead water health effects\u201d and \u201clead water limit\u201d) started rising in the week of Jan. 3 \u2013 up 60% from the week before. These searches continued to rise, reaching their peak the week of Jan. 24. In total, public health-related searches more than quadrupled over these four weeks. National-level searches related to personal health, which include terms such as \u201clead water filter\u201d and \u201ctap water brown,\u201d followed the same trajectory, but started to rise earlier. On the week of Dec. 20, Personal Health searches rose a minimal 2% from the week before, also reaching their highest point in the week of Jan. 24 after continuous weekly increases, for a total of 46% growth over those six weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In early 2016, the angle of the story that saw the most dramatic rise in search activity was political; until then, this search category had seen no increases in any region.<\/strong> During 2014 and 2015, search interest for political terms such as \u201cFlint water bill Congress,\u201d \u201cwater pollution legislation\u201d and \u201cFlint water Obama\u201d did not register any heightened search interest in any of the geographic areas studied, but in January 2016, the proportion of searches under the Politics category climbed sharply. In Flint and across Michigan, politics-related searches started to rise a week earlier than they did across the entire country. In Flint, on the week of Dec. 27, 2015, these searches increased 34% from the week before, then continued to rise for another four consecutive weeks. Overall, interest in political searches in Flint grew by 522% over these six weeks. In Michigan, the pattern was the same. Political searches began to increase statewide the same week they did in Flint, also growing for five continuous weeks. These increases occurred about two weeks after Flint declared a state of emergency (Dec. 14) and around the same time that a state of emergency was issued in Genesee County and across the state (Jan. 4-5, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"yzniodzinw\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"mzayotgyjc\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 1023 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-wide-search-line-charts-1023\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1024\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-wide-search-line-charts-1023{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:1024px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-wide-search-line-charts-1023 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id=\"g-ai6-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:69.1825%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:72.13%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:75.1004%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:78.0937%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:81.2548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:84.1559%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:86.9509%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:90.1024%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:92.9248%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:78.2412%;left:96.1894%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:82.0507%;left:24.4883%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:82.0507%;left:59.9376%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:82.0507%;left:88.3555%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle14\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai6-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.0323%;left:0.1537%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"mzayztangy\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 500 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-wide-search-line-charts-500\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" 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src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/21181420\/2016wide-search-line-charts-500.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.5299%;left:0.4125%;width:99.4672%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Political angle of Flint water crisis rose in searches both locally and nationally in January 2016 for the first time  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that contain Flint water <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">crisis-related terms for the Politics category within each <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:18.5998%;left:89.3305%;width:36.0242%;margin-left:-18.0121%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">May 4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Obama <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">addresses Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:21.7224%;right:60.8356%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:23.7589%;right:60.8356%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.0669%;right:60.8356%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">U.S.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:27.5603%;right:13.1059%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Apr 20<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Criminal charges filed<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:33.5339%;left:7.4082%;width:27.3555%;margin-left:-13.6777%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:33.8055%;right:16.9739%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Mar 6<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Democratic presidential<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">candidates hold a debate in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.9017%;right:20.7857%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Jan 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">President Obama declares state of<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">emergency and offers $5M in aid<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:51.7264%;right:20.8139%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Jan 4\u20135<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">State of emergency declared in<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Genesee County and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:72.227%;left:7.4082%;width:27.3555%;margin-left:-13.6777%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:17.498%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:19.9947%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:22.2742%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:25.2836%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:27.6189%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p 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id=\"g-ai7-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:46.5381%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:49.5672%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:52.0637%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:54.3432%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:57.3525%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:59.6881%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:62.9291%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:65.6016%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:68.0424%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:70.6914%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:73.283%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:75.9217%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:78.607%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:81.6361%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:84.1328%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:86.4122%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:89.4217%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:91.757%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.9656%;left:94.9982%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:83.767%;left:29.2543%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:83.767%;left:59.2543%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:83.767%;left:86.0543%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai7-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:87.8399%;left:0.339%;width:95.8018%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014-July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">PEW RESEARCH 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}\n\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-wide-search-line-charts-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai8-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/21181359\/2016wide-search-line-charts-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:3.8314%;left:0.2829%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Political angle of Flint water <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">crisis rose in searches both <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">locally and nationally in <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">January 2016 for the first time  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Proportion of all Google searches that <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">contain Flint water crisis-related <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">terms for the Politics category within <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">each geographic area<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:23.7548%;left:88.7029%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:25.9259%;left:84.8446%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.5645%;left:13.5304%;width:48.8491%;margin-left:-24.4245%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Larger <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:27.9693%;left:80.6818%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.5453%;left:78.3273%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:37.4202%;left:92.7802%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">E<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.5696%;right:49.8744%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:40.613%;right:49.8744%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.7842%;right:49.8744%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">U.S.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:49.553%;left:13.5304%;width:48.8491%;margin-left:-24.4245%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Smaller <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">proportion <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">of searches<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.2158%;left:42.6189%;width:20.1256%;margin-left:-10.0628%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.2158%;left:67.6189%;width:20.1256%;margin-left:-10.0628%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.2158%;left:88.3332%;width:20.1256%;margin-left:-10.0628%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:61.0473%;left:2.309%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:61.175%;left:10.0541%;width:89.5888%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\"><strong>Jan 4\u20135<\/strong> State of emergency declared in Genesee County and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.1558%;left:9.8811%;width:89.4046%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\"><strong>Jan 16<\/strong> President Obama declares state of emergency and offers $5M in aid<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.1558%;left:2.1934%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.2644%;left:9.4643%;width:90.1786%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\"><strong>Mar 6<\/strong> Democratic presidential candidates hold a debate in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.2644%;left:2.1934%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:76.2452%;left:42.5%;width:123.0483%;margin-left:-61.5241%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\"><strong>Apr 20<\/strong> Criminal charges filed<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:76.3729%;left:2.1934%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.3103%;left:9.4643%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\"><strong>May 4<\/strong> Obama addresses Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.3103%;left:2.3155%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">E<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai8-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:84.802%;left:0.4349%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Note: For details on search topic definitions and <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">sampling, see the Methodology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Google <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Health API data for Jan. 5, 2014-July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle10\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#mzayotgyjc.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#mzayztangy.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#yjuxmgmywn.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>As key political actors and the federal government became publicly involved in the Flint water crisis, political searches at the national level also came to the fore, posting a 363% growth the week of Jan. 3 from the week before. The proportion of searches continued to grow by 139%, 52% and 10% in the following three weeks. In total, political searches at the national level grew to 19 times from what they were prior to Jan. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Even though all categories of Google searches about the Flint crisis reached their apex in January 2016, search interest continued at elevated levels through the end of the study, with smaller increases at key moments. <\/strong>Even after the January peak, the average activity across all categories and geographic areas remained higher than the averages in 2015. Averages from Jan. 31-July 2, 2016, ranged between 17% and 323% higher than averages for all of 2015, depending on the search category. At the same time, there were also smaller spikes in search activity, often tied to major events in the story, especially in the Politics search category. For instance, in the week starting March 6, 2016 \u2013 the week of the Democratic presidential primary debate in Flint, which addressed the water crisis \u2013 national searches for political terms rose 19% from the week before. Similarly, political searches in Michigan registered a 31% uptick that week over the week prior, and in Flint, the week-by-week increase was 20%. A similar bump upward occurred around the week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/21\/us\/first-criminal-charges-are-filed-in-flint-water-crisis.html\">the first criminal charges were filed<\/a> (April 20), suggesting continued interest in the political outlook of the water crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conversation on Twitter about the Flint water crisis also exploded in January 2016.<\/strong> Social media have been another avenue through which people seek or share news, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2016\/05\/26\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-2016\/\">59% of Twitter users getting news on that particular site<\/a>. Tweets about the Flint water crisis increased dramatically in January 2016; from the week of Jan. 10 through the week of Jan. 24, there were about 877,000 related tweets, up from about 58,000 the three weeks prior. By comparison, there were a total of about 7,000 tweets posted about the Flint water crisis in 2014, compared with about 92,000 in 2015 and about 2.1 million in the first half of 2016. Looking at the rate Twitter users were tweeting about the Flint water crisis, the weekly average number of tweets in the first half of 2016 skyrocketed compared with the weekly averages of 2014 and 2015: The weekly average number of tweets in 2014 was 139; it was 1,787 in 2015; and in the first half of 2016 it was 81,338. Moreover, the Twitter conversation remained elevated for a couple of weeks following the events in January before dropping off. As with search activity, interest on Twitter was renewed the week of the Democratic debate in Flint (nearly 127,000 tweets) and the week of April 17, 2016 (about 92,000 tweets), when criminal charges were filed against a Flint city official and two state workers tasked with monitoring water quality. 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conversation about the Flint water crisis took off in 2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Total number of Twitter posts about the Flint water crisis per week across the U.S.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:14.3359%;left:80.3968%;width:16.337%;margin-left:-8.1685%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Jan 16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">President Obama declares state of emergency and offers $5M in aid<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.5297%;left:5.0548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">450K posts<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.8027%;left:5.0548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">400K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.4392%;left:84.4819%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Mar 6<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Democratic <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">presidential candidates <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">hold a debate in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:36.7461%;left:5.0548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">350K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:41.8543%;left:74.4521%;width:12.9979%;margin-left:-6.499%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Jan 4\u20135<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">State of emergency declared in Genesee County and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:41.8543%;left:5.0548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">300K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:46.7978%;left:5.0548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">250K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.4569%;left:90.7645%;width:9.0293%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">May 4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Obama addresses Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:51.906%;left:5.0548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">200K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:56.8494%;left:5.0548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">150K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:61.7928%;left:5.0548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">100K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.901%;left:5.7426%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">50K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:71.8445%;left:7.3106%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:9.5683%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:12.4694%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:15.2644%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:18.416%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:21.2383%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:24.503%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:27.4899%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:30.3637%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:33.3392%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:36.2867%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:39.2571%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:42.2504%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:45.4115%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:48.3127%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:51.1077%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:54.2592%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:57.0815%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:60.3461%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:63.3332%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:66.2069%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:69.1825%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:72.1299%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:75.1004%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:78.0936%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:81.2548%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:84.1559%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:86.951%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:90.1025%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:92.9248%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.8105%;left:96.1894%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.0948%;left:24.4883%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.0948%;left:60.6212%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:79.0948%;left:88.3555%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-49\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:83.3791%;left:0.1536%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Note: Data include all publicly available tweets from this period that contain the terms \u201cFlint\u201d and \u201cwater.\u201d <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis using Crimson Hexagon technology for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"mmimjezgux\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 500 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-Twitter-chart-500\" 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16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">President Obama declares state of emergency and offers $5M in aid<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:29.0715%;left:0.521%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">450K posts<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:31.8113%;left:83.3211%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Mar 6<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Democratic <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">presidential <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">candidates <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">hold a debate <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:33.79%;left:0.521%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">400K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.3562%;left:0.521%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">350K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:43.2268%;left:65.7134%;width:26.6197%;margin-left:-13.3099%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Jan 4\u20135<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">State of emergency declared in Genesee County and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:43.0746%;left:0.521%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">300K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:48.0974%;left:87.5211%;width:13.1789%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">May 4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Obama addresses Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:47.6408%;left:0.521%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">250K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:52.3592%;left:0.521%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">200K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:56.9254%;left:0.521%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">150K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:61.4916%;left:0.521%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">100K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:66.21%;left:1.9298%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">50K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.7763%;left:5.1409%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:8.5646%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:11.3063%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:13.8304%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:17.2848%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:19.8649%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:23.351%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:25.8683%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:28.5537%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:31.8477%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:34.6841%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:37.3676%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:40.4978%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-28\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:43.9646%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-29\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:46.9063%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-30\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:49.2304%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-31\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:52.4848%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-32\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:55.0649%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-33\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:58.351%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-34\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:61.2683%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-35\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:64.1537%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:67.0477%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:70.084%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:72.9676%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:75.8977%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:78.9646%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:81.9063%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">F<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:84.6305%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:87.8848%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:90.4648%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.516%;left:93.951%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.4734%;left:22.3209%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.4734%;left:58.3209%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-48\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.4734%;left:83.1209%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai1-49\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:80.3653%;left:0.3147%;width:99.5853%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Note: Data include all publicly available tweets from this period that contain the terms \u201cFlint\u201d and \u201cwater.\u201d <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis using Crimson Hexagon technology for Jan. 5, 2014\u2013July 2, 2016.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">\u201cSearching for News: The Flint Water Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"yzkmzmzjcm\">\n\n<!-- Artboard: 280 -->\n\t<div id=\"g-Twitter-chart-280\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"280\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280{\n\t\t\t\tposition:relative;\n\t\t\t\toverflow:hidden;\n\t\t\t\twidth:280px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiAbs{\n\t\t\t\tposition:absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiImg{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay:block;\n\t\t\t\twidth:100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280 p{\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:nyt-franklin,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:13px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:18px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin:0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle0 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:20px;\nfont-weight:700;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:20px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle1 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:16px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-style:italic;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle2 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle3 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:17px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#6d6e71;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle4 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:16px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle5 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:15px;\nletter-spacing:-0.02em;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#808285;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#g-Twitter-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle6 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:12px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:12px;\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing:0.02083333333333em;\npadding-top:10px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#000000;\n\t\t\t}\n#g-Twitter-chart-280 .g-aiPstyle7 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:11px;\n\t\t\t\tline-height:14px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.g-aiPtransformed p { white-space: nowrap; }\n\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id=\"g-Twitter-chart-280-graphic\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai2-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/04\/26202414\/Twitter-chart-280.png\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-1\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:2.375%;left:0.8466%;width:98.6507%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Twitter conversation about the Flint water crisis took off in 2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Total number of Twitter posts about the Flint water crisis per week across the U.S.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:19.25%;left:79.5333%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:21.125%;left:83.9753%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:22.75%;left:0.6288%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">450K posts<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-5\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:26.75%;left:0.6288%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">400K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-6\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:30.5%;left:0.6288%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">350K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-7\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:34.375%;left:0.6288%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">300K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-8\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:35%;left:85.9396%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-9\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:38.125%;left:0.6288%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">250K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-10\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42%;left:0.6288%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">200K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-11\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:42.375%;left:91.1182%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-12\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:45.75%;left:0.6288%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">150K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-13\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:49.5%;left:0.6288%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">100K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-14\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:53.375%;left:3.1445%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">50K<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-15\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:57.125%;left:8.8787%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-16\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:59.625%;left:24.9144%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-17\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:59.625%;left:57.7715%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-18\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:59.625%;left:83.1287%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-19\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.75%;left:3.3768%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-20\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:64.875%;left:11.1217%;width:88.3424%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\"><strong>Jan 4\u20135<\/strong> State of emergency declared in Genesee County and Michigan<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-21\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.125%;left:10.9487%;width:89.4046%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\"><strong>Jan 16<\/strong> President Obama declares state of emergency and offers $5M in aid<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-22\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.125%;left:3.261%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">B<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-23\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75%;left:10.5319%;width:90.1786%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\"><strong>Mar 6<\/strong> Democratic presidential candidates hold a debate in Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-24\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:75%;left:3.261%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">C<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-25\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:80.375%;left:10.5319%;width:90.0012%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\"><strong>May 4<\/strong> Obama addresses Flint<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-26\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:80.375%;left:3.261%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai2-27\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:84.125%;left:0.3793%;width:99.6166%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Note: Data include all publicly available tweets from this period that contain the terms \u201cFlint\u201d 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