Chronicle poll results: Daily media sources
We asked our readers how many media sources they get news from on a typical day. Here's what they said.
Last week, the Chronicle asked its readers in an online poll the following question: “From how many different media sources do you get news on a typical day?” Of the 273 people who responded, 57% said “4 or more”; 24% said “1-3”; 1% said “0.” Comments were submitted by 73 people. A few follow.
Before the election, four or more. Now zero. I don’t want to have Trump nonsense clutter my day.
It’s important to look for a variety of sources, not just number. Reading three different sources that all echo each other (most of the mainstream media) is really only one source.
I usually just listen to or read the ones that agree with me. I can’t stand Fox and the lies they say.
I use about 15 different news sources daily.
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to sort fact from fiction. There is so much fake news, but the real news is unbelievable too!
Unfortunately, most media sources I have experienced, for quite some time now, have proven themselves to be so flawed that I can’t bring myself to waste my time relying on them for accurate news. As such, the “1-3” media sources are those which I trust. All of these are more pro-Israel, by the way.
Since Trump was elected, I have tried to avoid CNN and most national news. But it’s hard to avoid.
I check left- and right-wing sources. The difference is scary — like not the same news.
We get several standard media sources and several Jewish/Israeli sources. We are news and politics junkies.
I try to find some that are “just the facts, please.” That means I avoid panels, slanted commentary and monologues.
I canceled our daily newspaper — too much money for too little value. I get news from social media.
More important than the quantity of one’s news sources is their diversity. If we never leave our comfort zones, we will never get the full picture nor an inside angle on “the opposition.”
The news overwhelms me. With so many lies emanating from the Trump White House, I try to limit my access to information and instead opt for music from my iPhone.
I do not read or watch any left-leaning media. Over the years, I have seen that they cannot be trusted to deliver accurate and honest news.
It’s trendy to bash “mainstream media.” And certainly some criticisms of it are valid. But much isn’t, and imperfect though it may be, it still provides good info and perspective — facts lost to ideologues (at both ends of the political spectrum) and whose “media sources” are comprised mostly or solely of social media. Confirmation bias looms large.
However you get your news media, local communal reporting like that in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle is vital to the future of the Jewish people. PJC
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