Local TV Is No. 1 Source of News for Americans

Gallup asked Americans to report the frequency with which they get their news from each of 13 media sources, spanning television, radio, print, and the Internet. In general, local outlets beat national ones; and within these categories, broadcast news beats print. Radio news still attracts a much smaller number of daily listeners than does television or newspapers, and is about on par with daily Internet news readers or viewers. Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
4.5
by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

Good, detailed presentation of poll methods and results. Could use a few more graphs, since the text data spans quite a few pages. Historical trend graphs are a nice addition. Oddly, longitudinal tables are given for gender and age, but the party affiliation analysis is given in a less detailed paragraph.

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