News Bias
4 min readDec 15, 2016
Ideological Placement of Each Source’s Audience
Overall More Trust Than Distrust of News Sources
More News Media Sources Trusted by Those on the Left
Trust Levels of News Sources by Ideological Group
Main Source of Government and Political News
Consistent Conservatives See More Facebook Posts in Line With Their Views; Consistent Liberals More Likely to Block Others Because of Politics
Consistent Conservatives More Likely to Have Close Friends Who Share Their Political Views, But Consistent Liberals More Likely to Drop a Friend
Lower Levels of Trust in Media Sources on the Right
Consistent Liberals Turn to More Sources
Ideological Composition of News Sources’ Audiences
Facebook a Top Source of Political News Among Web Users
More Consistent Liberals Than Consistent Conservatives Get Political News on Twitter, Somewhat More on Facebook
Consistent Liberals, Conservatives Pay Most Attention to Political Posts
Nearly Half of Consistent Conservatives Mostly See Posts That Match Their Politics
Consistent Liberals Most Likely to Block Others Based on Political Content
Consistent Liberals More Likely to Drop a Friend Because of Politics
Leading Political Discussions and Having Others Turn to You For Political Information
Consistent Conservatives, Liberals More Likely to Drive Political Discussions
Key Demographics of Web and Total Respondents
Views of News Sources Among Those with Consistently Liberal Political Values
Views of News Sources Among Those with Mostly Conservative Political Values
Striking Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives, But They Also Share Common Ground
Views of News Sources Among Those with Ideologically Mixed Political Values
Conservatives Converge Around Fox News as Main Source; No Single Source Dominates on the Left
