{"id":311690,"date":"2025-05-01T14:57:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=americans-say-ai-will-have-negative-effect-on-news"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:20:29","slug":"americans-say-ai-will-have-negative-effect-on-news","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/americans-say-ai-will-have-negative-effect-on-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans say AI will have negative effect on news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Turkish court gives Swedish journalist suspended sentence for \u201cinsulting Erdo\u011fan\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong>: Americans largely foresee AI having negative effects on news and journalists<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> White House launches website to promote pro-Trump news stories<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> CPB sues Trump over firings<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Views about the state of press freedom in 35 countries<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd25\u00a0<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swedish journalist Joakim Medin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/30\/swedish-journalist-joakim-medin-sentenced-turkey-erdogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received an 11-month suspended sentence in Turkey<\/a> for <strong>insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan.<\/strong> Medin, affiliated with the Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC, was arrested at Istanbul airport on March 27 after arriving to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/30\/turkey-says-swedish-journalist-detained-on-terror-charges-and-for-insulting-the-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cover mass protests in Turkey<\/a>. Though the court ordered the journalist\u2019s release after sentencing, he remains in prison awaiting trial for a second charge: belonging to a terror organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People in Turkey are <strong>split over whether the media are free to report the news in their country,<\/strong> according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2025\/04\/24\/free-expression-seen-as-important-globally-but-not-everyone-thinks-their-country-has-press-speech-and-internet-freedoms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center study<\/a> on global views of press, speech and internet freedom. About half of Turks (49%) say media in the country are not free to report the news in their country, including a quarter who say the media are <em>not at all free<\/em>. Another 49% say the media are completely or somewhat free.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who support Erdo\u011fan\u2019s government are much more likely than those who don\u2019t to say the media in Turkey are completely free to report the news (40% vs. 7%).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly half of U.S. adults say that AI will have a very (24%) or somewhat (26%) negative impact on the news people get in the U.S. over the next 20 years, while just 10% say the effect will be positive, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/28\/americans-largely-foresee-ai-having-negative-effects-on-news-journalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center survey<\/a> conducted last year. Meanwhile, a majority (59%) say AI will lead to fewer jobs for journalists in the next two decades, compared with only 5% who say AI will produce more journalism jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/28\/americans-largely-foresee-ai-having-negative-effects-on-news-journalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full analysis<\/a> also looks at concerns about inaccurate information from AI, and views about how AI does at writing a news story today compared with human professionals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc\u00a0<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>White House<\/strong> launches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/30\/trump-white-house-drudge-style-website-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House Wire<\/a>, a website to promote <strong>pro-Trump news stories<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>A look at the <strong>new media, Trump-aligned outlets <\/strong>in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/04\/22\/trump-white-house-briefing-correspondents-natalie-winters-00290063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House briefing room<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Paramount <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/29\/business\/media\/paramount-cbs-60-minutes-trump-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DU8.-uCs.ERZfzBBrU5h0&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">looks toward possible settlement<\/a><strong> <\/strong>in <strong>Trump\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d lawsuit<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Judge orders <strong>Trump administration<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/radio-free-europe-5e0b2355ad9cee4ad09a3e03b53df8fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">restore $12 million in funding<\/a> to<strong> Radio Free Europe<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Spotify<\/strong> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/28\/business\/dealbook\/spotify-100-million-paid-creators-podcast-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paid more than $100 million to podcasters<\/a> since January in an attempt to draw creators and audiences back from <strong>video podcasting<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>LA Times <\/strong>said to have<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/media\/los-angeles-times-50m-subscriber-advertiser-losses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost $50 million in 2024<\/a> amid declining subscribers, advertisers&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2025\/04\/28\/substack-hamish-mckenzie-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><strong>Substack\u2019s<\/strong> aspirations<\/a> with co-founder <strong>Hamish McKenzie<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Romanians <\/strong>continue to turn to <strong>TikTok <\/strong>for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/romanian-voters-again-turn-tiktok-guidance-rerun-annulled-election-2025-05-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guidance in rerun of presidential election<\/a>; original results were annulled over <strong>Russian interference<\/strong> on the app&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/29\/business\/media\/corporation-public-broadcasting-firings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued the Trump administration<\/a> this week for removing three of its board members. The lawsuit alleges that although the board members are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, the CPB is a private corporation and therefore not under the authority of the president. These moves are happening amid a push from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/14\/business\/media\/trump-npr-pbs-funding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5273951-gop-npr-pbs-cuts-trump-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">members of Congress<\/a> to scale back federal government funding for the CPB, which supports NPR and PBS (including local member stations).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/03\/26\/americans-more-likely-to-support-than-oppose-continuing-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center survey<\/a> found that 20% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news from NPR, and 21% say the same about PBS. Additionally, <strong>Americans are more supportive of the federal government continuing to fund NPR and PBS <\/strong>(43% favor this) than they are of the federal government removing funding (24%), although a third are unsure.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media, and also less likely to get news from NPR and PBS or to trust these outlets as sources of news.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcca\u00a0<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our chart this week comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2025\/04\/24\/free-expression-seen-as-important-globally-but-not-everyone-thinks-their-country-has-press-speech-and-internet-freedoms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our recent report<\/a> on freedom of speech, internet and the press around the world. A median of 28% across 35 countries say the media are completely free to report the news in their country. Another 38% think the media are somewhat free.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Negative perceptions of press freedom are common in most of the Latin American countries surveyed, especially Chile. Roughly seven-in-ten Chileans (69%) say the media are not very or not at all free to report the news. And opinions are divided in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"daded8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #daded8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"834\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/pg_2025.04.24_free-speech_3_02.webp?resize=420,834 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/pg_2025.04.24_free-speech_3_02.webp\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the percentage of adults in 35 countries who say the media are completely free, somewhat free, not very free or not at all free to report the news in their country.\" class=\"wp-image-225739 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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