A study held in the United States in March 2020 revealed that just 11 percent of responding U.S. adults felt that the media had done an excellent job of covering the coronavirus outbreak, whereas 19 percent said that they thought that media coverage on the pandemic had been poor. Attitudes varies across political parties, with almost three times the share of Republicans saying that media coverage of the virus had been poor than the share of Democrats who felt the same.
Attitudes to media coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation
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YouGov. (March 11, 2020). Attitudes to media coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105546/coronavirus-media-coverage-opinion-by-politics-us/
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YouGov. (2020). Attitudes to media coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105546/coronavirus-media-coverage-opinion-by-politics-us/
YouGov. "Attitudes to Media Coverage of The Coronavirus Outbreak in The United States as of March 2020, by Political Affiliation." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105546/coronavirus-media-coverage-opinion-by-politics-us/
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Attitudes to media coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States as of March 2020, by political affiliation [Graph], YouGov, March 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105546/coronavirus-media-coverage-opinion-by-politics-us/
