{"id":311715,"date":"2024-10-17T11:52:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=americans-trust-in-information-from-news-outlets-social-media"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:25:54","slug":"americans-trust-in-information-from-news-outlets-social-media","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/americans-trust-in-information-from-news-outlets-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans&#8217; trust in information from news outlets, social media"},"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> Trump pushes back against fact-checking<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> Republicans, young adults now nearly as likely to trust info from social media as from national news outlets<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Harris interviews with Fox News<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Record number of AP staff to work election night<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Levels of trust in information from social media, news organizations vary by age<\/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>Top story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the presidential election draws closer, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/14\/trump-fact-checks-interviews-debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushing back against fact-checking<\/a> in interviews and debates. CBS said that Trump declined an interview on 60 Minutes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/60-minutes-trump-axed-interview-demanding-apology-2020-sit-down-complained-fact-checks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in part because he objected to the show\u2019s fact-checking practice<\/a>. And the Trump campaign reportedly complained about the fact-checking that occurred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-campaign-abc-fact-checking-b2629140.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">during his September debate<\/a> with Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the previous presidential election cycle, we measured <strong>sharp partisan differences in views of fact checking.<\/strong> When asked about fact-checking efforts by news outlets and other organizations in a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2019\/06\/27\/republicans-far-more-likely-than-democrats-to-say-fact-checkers-tend-to-favor-one-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2019 Center survey<\/a>, seven-in-ten Republicans said fact-checkers tend to favor one side, while roughly three-in-ten Democrats (29%) expressed this view. Most Democrats (69%) instead said that fact-checking efforts generally deal fairly with all sides.<\/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\">Republicans have long been less trusting than Democrats of national news organizations. Today, they are nearly as likely to <strong>trust the information that comes from social media sites<\/strong> as they are to <strong>trust information from national news outlets.<\/strong> The same pattern appears among young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/10\/16\/republicans-young-adults-now-nearly-as-likely-to-trust-info-from-social-media-as-from-national-news-outlets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trends in Americans\u2019 trust in information<\/a> from national news organizations, local news organizations and social media since 2016.<\/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>Kamala Harris<\/strong> interviews with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/16\/business\/media\/kamala-harris-bret-baier-fox.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Supreme Court <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/15\/politics\/supreme-court-revives-case-of-citizen-journalist-arrested-for-seeking-information\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allows lawsuit<\/a> filed by <strong>Texas online journalist<\/strong> over arrest<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Gateway Pundit<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/12\/gateway-pundit-georgia-election-workers-settle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledges Georgia election workers cleared<\/a> after defamation settlement<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Las Vegas politician<\/strong>\u00a0convicted of\u00a0<strong>killing journalist<\/strong>\u00a0is <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/nevada-politician-robert-telles-sentenced-life-killing-journalist\/story?id=114853148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced to life in prison<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Taliban <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-taliban-media-morality-laws-images-baf2dd860fd9c16af765faa6ea9bf8d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bans images<\/a> of living beings on <strong>Afghan media<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Head of diversity at <strong>Cond\u00e9 Nast<\/strong> stepped down following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/10\/13\/2024\/gaza-infighting-roils-cond-nast-execs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disputes about the Israel-Hamas war<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Australia\u2019s <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/australias-planned-social-media-ban-raises-teen-isolation-fears-2024-10-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">age-based social media ban<\/a> raises fears of isolation<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Midwestern nonprofit<\/strong> <strong>shuts<\/strong> its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2024\/10\/midwestern-news-nonprofit-the-beacon-shuts-down-its-wichita-newsroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wichita newsroom<\/a><\/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>The Associated Press<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/15\/associated-press-staffing-election-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Axios<\/a> this week that the organization will have <strong>more than 5,000 people working on election night,<\/strong> a higher number than ever before. News organizations around the world use AP&#8217;s data and race calls as key elements of their election coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Americans tuned in closely to election results during the last presidential race.<\/strong> Roughly nine-in-ten U.S. adults said they checked in on the results on Election Day 2020 at least occasionally, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/11\/23\/americans-paid-close-attention-as-election-returns-came-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> from that year. This includes seven-in-ten who followed the returns almost constantly (36%) or fairly often (34%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most also said that the sources they turned to after polls closed did very well (38%) or somewhat well (40%) in helping them understand the results.<\/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 looks at age patterns in Americans\u2019 trust in information from news organizations and social media. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/10\/16\/republicans-young-adults-now-nearly-as-likely-to-trust-info-from-social-media-as-from-national-news-outlets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Center survey<\/a>, adults under 30 are now nearly as likely to have at least some trust in the information that comes from social media sites (52%) as from national news organizations (56%). For all other age groups, trust in information from social media sites remains lower than trust in both local and national news organizations.<\/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=\"f2efee\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2efee;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/10\/SR_24.10.16_media-trust-2_450c6f.webp?resize=480,551 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/10\/SR_24.10.16_media-trust-2_450c6f.webp?resize=740,849 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"734\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/10\/SR_24.10.16_media-trust-2_450c6f.webp?w=640\" alt=\"Line charts showing that adults under 30 nearly as likely to trust information from social media as from national news outlets.\" class=\"wp-image-189796 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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