A survey held in March 2020 revealed that 41 percent of participating U.S. adults felt that the news media was paying too much attention to the coronavirus. Attitudes varies according to political standpoint; whilst just 24 percent of Democrats believed that there was too much media coverage of the pandemic, the same was true for almost 60 percent of Republicans.
Public opinion on the amount of attention paid to the coronavirus by the news media in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation
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YouGov. (March 11, 2020). Public opinion on the amount of attention paid to the coronavirus by the news media in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104721/coronavirus-news-attention-by-politics-us/
YouGov. "Public opinion on the amount of attention paid to the coronavirus by the news media in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation." Chart. March 11, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104721/coronavirus-news-attention-by-politics-us/
YouGov. (2020). Public opinion on the amount of attention paid to the coronavirus by the news media in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104721/coronavirus-news-attention-by-politics-us/
YouGov. "Public Opinion on The Amount of Attention Paid to The Coronavirus by The News Media in The United States as of March 2020, by Political Affiliation." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104721/coronavirus-news-attention-by-politics-us/
YouGov, Public opinion on the amount of attention paid to the coronavirus by the news media in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104721/coronavirus-news-attention-by-politics-us/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Public opinion on the amount of attention paid to the coronavirus by the news media in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation [Graph], YouGov, March 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104721/coronavirus-news-attention-by-politics-us/
