The statistic presents information on how Americans rate news media accurancy. During a survey carried out in summer 2013, 26 percent of respondents stated media got the facts straight.
Do you think news organizations get the facts straight, or do you think that their stories and reports are often inaccurate?
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Pew Research Center. (August 8, 2013). Do you think news organizations get the facts straight, or do you think that their stories and reports are often inaccurate? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/271589/rating-of-new-media-acuracy-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Do you think news organizations get the facts straight, or do you think that their stories and reports are often inaccurate?." Chart. August 8, 2013. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271589/rating-of-new-media-acuracy-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2013). Do you think news organizations get the facts straight, or do you think that their stories and reports are often inaccurate?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271589/rating-of-new-media-acuracy-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Do You Think News Organizations Get The Facts Straight, or Do You Think That Their Stories and Reports Are Often Inaccurate?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271589/rating-of-new-media-acuracy-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, Do you think news organizations get the facts straight, or do you think that their stories and reports are often inaccurate? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271589/rating-of-new-media-acuracy-in-the-us/ (last visited April 27, 2025)
Do you think news organizations get the facts straight, or do you think that their stories and reports are often inaccurate? [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 8, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/271589/rating-of-new-media-acuracy-in-the-us/
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