{"id":311713,"date":"2024-10-31T14:25:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=newspaper-non-endorsements-draw-reader-backlash"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:25:54","slug":"newspaper-non-endorsements-draw-reader-backlash","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/newspaper-non-endorsements-draw-reader-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper non-endorsements draw reader backlash"},"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> Newspaper non-endorsements draw reader backlash<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong>: Americans\u2019 top sources of political news ahead of the 2024 election<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Meta announces deal with Reuters to use outlet\u2019s reporting in AI chatbot<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Do Americans think the result of the election will be clear after votes are counted?<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Republicans more likely than Democrats to say their main source of political news is not mainstream<\/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\">As Election Day approaches, several major news organizations, including <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/post-newspaper-endorsements-trump-harris-44efcb29d0b27c039a9b0b259ec255d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/26\/us\/los-angeles-times-endorsement-soon-shiong.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/29\/media\/usa-today-gannett-newspapers-endorsement-president\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USA Today<\/a>, have announced that they <strong>will not endorse a candidate in the presidential race.<\/strong> These decisions have resulted in backlash from some readers: For example, about 10% of the Post\u2019s subscribers \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2024\/10\/29\/washington-post-cancellations-number\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">totaling at least 250,000<\/a> \u2013 canceled their subscriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Americans believe that U.S. news organizations are at least somewhat influenced by corporations and financial interests (84%) or by the government and political interests (83%), according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/04\/23\/most-americans-say-a-free-press-is-highly-important-to-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. This includes about half who say news organizations are influenced a great deal by financial interests (51%) or political interests (49%).<\/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\">We recently asked Americans, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/10\/31\/americans-top-sources-of-political-news-ahead-of-the-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">open-ended question<\/a>, to name their <strong>main source of political news<\/strong>. We got hundreds of unique answers across more than 8,000 responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most common single outlet that Americans name as their main source for political news is Fox News (13%), with CNN a close second at 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our larger <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/10\/10\/americans-views-of-2024-election-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study on how Americans are getting election news<\/a> ahead of Election Day also asked about Americans&#8217; sources of political news in other ways.<\/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>Meta <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/25\/meta-reuters-ai-news-facebook-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strikes deal<\/a> with <strong>Reuters <\/strong>to use its news content in <strong>AI chatbot<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Washington Post analysis\u00a0<\/strong>finds\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/10\/29\/elon-musk-x-republican-democrat-twitter-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans experience higher levels of engagement than Democrats<\/a>\u00a0on <strong>X<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Baltimore Sun<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/baltimore-sun-cut-features-department-culture-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cuts features section<\/a>, leaving it without culture coverage for the first time since 1888<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>CNN <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/29\/business\/cnn-pager-comment-mehdi-hasan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bars conservative commentator<\/a> after offensive on-air remarks to guest <strong>Medhi Hasan<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrea Mitchell <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2024\/10\/29\/andrea-mitchell-msnbc-nbc-news-reports-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">end her MSNBC show<\/a> after <strong>16 years<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>TikTok users <\/strong>in Mexico <a href=\"https:\/\/restofworld.org\/2024\/mexico-tiktok-code-words-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">use code words<\/a> to report on <strong>cartel violence<\/strong><\/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\"><strong>After the polls close<\/strong> and votes are being counted next week, Americans will be faced with an <strong>uncertain news and information environment<\/strong>. In 2020, there was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-donald-trump-arizona-elections-a11f8112a58eb45854be59f64d47e1dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversy over when states were called<\/a> on election night, and news outlets did not project the final Electoral College result until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/07\/928803493\/biden-wins-presidency-according-to-ap-edging-trump-in-turbulent-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several days later<\/a>. Donald Trump then spent months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/07\/trump-for-first-time-acknowledges-new-administration-will-take-office-jan-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contesting the result<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/10\/24\/harris-trump-voters-differ-over-election-security-vote-counts-and-hacking-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center survey<\/a> conducted a few weeks ago asked Americans <strong>how confident they are that after all the votes are counted, it will be clear who won the election<\/strong>. While a large majority of Kamala Harris supporters (85%) are very or somewhat confident this will be the case, a smaller majority of Trump supporters (58%) express this view, including just 19% who are very confident. Harris supporters also are more confident than Trump supporters in how well the election will be administered.<\/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\">This week\u2019s chart comes from a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/10\/31\/americans-top-sources-of-political-news-ahead-of-the-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center survey<\/a> that asked Americans to name their main source of political news. Among those who listed a main source of political news, six-in-ten say that their source is part of the mainstream media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party are more likely than Republicans and GOP leaners to say that their main source of political news is part of the mainstream media, while Republicans are more likely to say their main source is <em>not<\/em> mainstream.<\/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-640-wide\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e8e5e5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e5e5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/10\/SR_24.10.31_election-news-source_3_7db6a1.webp?resize=480,304 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/10\/SR_24.10.31_election-news-source_3_7db6a1.webp?resize=782,495 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/10\/SR_24.10.31_election-news-source_3_7db6a1.webp?resize=840,532 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"405\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/10\/SR_24.10.31_election-news-source_3_7db6a1.webp?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191296 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, Sarah Naseer, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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