Partisans differ in sense of financial impact COVID-19 has had on news industry % who say that the coronavirus has had the following financial impact on most news organizations
Republicans (21%) are somewhat more likely than Democrats (15%) to say that the pandemic has financially helped news organizations a little or a lot. The same pattern appears in the shares who say it has not had much economic impact (21% of Republicans say no impact vs. 15% of Democrats).
Partisans differ in sense of financial impact COVID-19  | has had on news industry  | % who say that the coronavirus has had the following financial impact on  | most news organizations  | Hurt  | Helped  | Not had  | much of an  | lot  | A little  | lot a little  | Not sure  | impact  | Net  | Net  | Rep/Lean Rep 13% 13% 26%  | 11% 9% 21%  | 21%  | 32%  | Conserv 12 12 24  | 12 9  | 21  | 21  | 34  | 16  | 14  | 30  | 11 10 21  | 19  | 30  | Mod/Lib  | 20  | 16  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 36  | I  | 8 15  | 15  | 34  | 21  | 38  | Cons/Mod  | 17  | 14  | 17  | 31  | 34  | Liberal  | 19  | 15  | 10 16  | 13  | 37  | Note: Figures may not add to NET due to rounding.  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted April 20-26, 2020  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 