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Although local news was found to be a leading disseminator of misleading information regarding Covid-19, it was nevertheless a trusted source for people throughout the pandemic in 2020. Another report from the Pew Research Center surveyed 10,139 US adults between 20-26 April 2020 and 9,654 US adults between 4-10 June 2020. Nearly half of them named local news as a go-to source for Covid-19 information.

NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS SAY LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS ARE A MAJOR SOURCE OF NEWS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK % of US adults who say ___ is/are a major source for news about the coronavirus outbreak

HALF OF AMERICANS SAY LOCAL MEDIA LARGELY GET THE FACTS RIGHT ABOUT THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK % of US adults who say each source gets the facts right when it comes to the coronavirus outbreak almost all or most of the time

National news outlets

The CDC and other public health orgs Your governor/ state govt Your local news media The news media in general Trump and his admin

64%

53%

Public health orgs and officials

50%

44%

Local news outlets

30%

Stare/local elected officials

Source: Survey of US adults conducted 4-10 June 2020 PEW RESEARCH CENTER Read more at pewrsr.ch/3oayejS

Trump and the coronavirus task force

LOCAL TV VIEWERS LESS CONCERNED ABOUT MISINFORMATION BEFORE THE ELECTION % of US adults who were concerned about the influence of made-up news before the 2020 presidential election Among those who say ___ is the most common source of their political and election news Cable TV Radio Print News website or app 58% 55% 53% 53%

International news outlets

Friends, family and neighbours

Online forums or discussion groups

Community newsletter or Listservs

50%

Network TV Social media Local TV

37%

Biden and his campaign

35%

Source: Survey of US adults, conducted 29 Oct–11 Nov 2019 PEW RESEARCH CENTER Read more at bit.ly/3ocV0HY

Source: Survey of US adults, conducted 20-26 April 2020 PEW RESEARCH CENTER

You can find out more about news trends in another report, For local news, Americans embrace digital but still want strong community connection , at bit.ly/3ogdBCG

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