Half of Americans say local media largely get the facts right about the largely COVID-19 outbreak % of U.S. adults who say each source gets the facts right when it comes to the coronavirus outbreak almost all or most of the time
Americans also see local news outlets as more credible sources of COVID-19 information than the news media in general. In a survey conducted June 4-10, half of U.S. adults said their local news media get the facts right about the coronavirus outbreak almost all or most of the time, compared with 44% who said the same about the news media overall. Similarly, about half of Americans (53%) said their state and local governments get the facts right about COVID-19 all or most of the time.
Black Americans are more likely than other adults to turn to local news organizations and to trust them to get the facts right about COVID-19. This aligns with two other, broader trends: Black Americans are more closely following COVID-19 news topics, and they are also more likely to be interested in local news and to trust information from local news organizations more generally.
Half of Americans say local media  | largely get the facts right about the  | largely COVID-19 outbreak  | % of U.S. adults who say each source gets the facts right  | when it comes to the coronavirus outbreak almost all  | or most of the time  | The CDC and other  | 64%  | public health orgs  | Your state governor/  | 53  | state govt.  | Your local news  | 50  | media  | The news media in  | 44  | general  | Trump aland his  | 30  | admin.  | Source: Survey of U.S adults conducted June 4-10 2020  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 