short reads | Dec 22, 2023
About four-in-ten Black Americans (39%) say they extremely or fairly often see or hear news coverage about Black people that is racist or racially insensitive.
short reads | May 26, 2021
The pandemic and its effects on society became a pervasive part of the media narrative about Joe Biden’s first 60 days in office.
short reads | May 24, 2021
During the first 60 days of the new administration, roughly half of stories about the Biden administration mentioned Donald Trump in some way.
short reads | May 12, 2021
Immigration was one of the five topics most covered by 25 major news outlets in the first 60 days of the Biden administration.
report | Apr 28, 2021
About two-thirds of news coverage dealt with Biden’s policy agenda, while about three-quarters of early Trump coverage was framed around leadership skills.
short reads | Apr 28, 2021
We thought it would be valuable to combine our study of news coverage itself with data on people’s views about, and exposure to, that coverage.
short reads | Sep 16, 2020
The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.
report | Jun 12, 2020
Among black Americans, 72% say coverage has been good or excellent and 85% say Trump’s message has been completely or mostly wrong.
report | Jun 2, 2020
The gender gap in party identification remains the widest in a quarter century.
report | May 8, 2020
More Americans hold positive than negative views of the news media’s COVID-19 coverage, but Republicans and Democrats remain starkly divided.