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Usually, different news sources came with different kinds of evidence. Outside experts were more likely to offer some proof for the claims (92% versus 81% overall) and to base their proof on the candidate’s public record (43% versus 31% overall).<\/p>\n\n

Journalists on the other hand, referred to the public record just 28% of the time and offered no evidence 22% of time.<\/p>\n\n

The candidates were the next most likely source to offer evidence (83%) and in doing so, referred to the public record (36%).<\/p>\n\n

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Evidence Used by the Various Sources<\/strong>
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<\/td>\nJournalist
\u00a0\u00a0 (n=661)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/td>\n		Candidate
\u00a0\u00a0 (n=329)\u00a0 <\/td>\n		Surrogate
\u00a0\u00a0 (n=160)\u00a0 <\/td>\n		Expert
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (n=73)\u00a0 <\/td>\n		Voter
\u00a0 \u00a0 (n=45)\u00a0 <\/td>\n		Other Media
(n=38)<\/td>\n		Other
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (n=24)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voter interaction<\/td>\n3%<\/td>\n1%<\/td>\n6%<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n16%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public record<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recent remarks<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Camp. platform<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tactics \/rhetoric<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Opponent attack<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Past personal life<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poll<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other media<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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No evidence<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Total<\/strong><\/td>\n100<\/strong><\/td>\n100<\/strong><\/td>\n100<\/strong><\/td>\n100<\/strong><\/td>\n100<\/strong><\/td>\n100<\/strong><\/td>\n100<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Usually, different news sources came with different kinds of evidence. Outside experts were more likely to offer some proof for the claims (92% versus 81% overall) and to base their proof on the candidate’s public record (43% versus 31% overall). 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