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Audiences Are Tuning In More Closely to News About Trump

Columbia Journalism Review · Meghnad Bose · last updated

More people in the United States are tuning in to news about national politics and the actions of Donald Trump than at the same point in the presidency of Joe Biden, a new survey has found. The report, released today by the Pew Research Center, shows that 71 percent of people polled say they are following events around the administration, compared with 66 percent during the early days of the Biden presidency. Notably, the study shows a significant uptick in those who say they are following the news “very closely”: 31 percent, up from 22 percent four years ago.

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