Main Source of Government and Political News % whose main source for news about government and politics is
When it comes to getting news about politics and government, liberals and conservatives inhabit different worlds: Consistent conservatives are tightly clustered around a single news source, with 47% citing Fox News as their main source for news about government and politics, while consistent liberals name a few main news sources.
Main Source of Government and Political News  | % whose main source for news about government and politics is  | Fox News  | 47%  | CNN  | NPR  | MSNBC  | Local Radio  | 15%  | 13  | Local TV  | 12  | 11  | 5  | CONSISTENT CONSERVATIVES  | CONSISTENT LIBERALS  | American Trends Panel (wave 1). Survey conducted March 19. April 29. 2014 Q19 Q19d Based on web respondents.  | Ideological cons istency based on a scale of 10 po litical va alues questions (see About the Survey politics for more details). Respondents  | Ideological were first as ked what platform (TV, radio, etc.) they most use for news a bout government fand politics fand then were as ked to  | name the outlet they most turn to Up to three answers were accepted.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 