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by hhs 1750 days ago
Pew research breaks it down sharply from 2016 to 2021 by social media, local news, and national news: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/30/partisan-di...
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LAC-Tech 1750 days ago
The last 5 years is a very short time horizon, I'd love to see a longer one.
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vxNsr 1750 days ago
Until 2016 it seems it was assumed and the question wasn’t asked. It was only when the term “fake news” was coined that anyone thought to gauge people’s trust in media.
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LAC-Tech 1750 days ago
I would contend that 2016 was just the first time it manifested itself in a big way, and the sentiment had been building for a long time.
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