Media, Technology and Local News Pre-Election Survey Knight Foundation/Gallup Web Survey 9 Results are based on interviews conducted via an Internet web survey September 24-October 5, 2020, with 1,552 U.S. adults, ages 18 and older, who are members of Gallup’s probability-based national panel. For results based on this sample of U.S. adults, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. 1. How much attention are you currently paying to each of the following? [ITEMS DISPLAYED IN RANDOM ORDER] A great A moderate Not None No deal amount much at all answer Local news 2020 Sep 24-Oct 5 26 48 21 5 * 2020 Sep 11-24 26 47 24 3 <1 2020 Apr 14-20 32 47 19 2 <1 2020 Mar 17-30 44 39 14 3 -- 2019 Dec 3-15 22 46 27 5 -- 2019 Aug 19-Sept 3 23 49 35 3 -- 2019 July 11-22 25 50 22 4 -- 2019 June 24-July 11 27 46 24 3 <1 2019 June 13-July 1 25 47 24 4 <1 2018 June 4-25 24 50 23 3 -- 2018 May 21-June 4 21 51 24 3 <1 2018 Feb 5-Mar 11 25 45 25 3 1 National news 2020 Sep 24-Oct 5 49 36 11 3 -- 2020 Sep 11-24 48 36 13 2 <1 2020 Apr 14-20 46 39 13 2 <1 2020 Mar 17-30 56 35 7 2 -- 2019 Dec 3-15 43 41 14 2 <1 2019 Aug 19-Sept 3 47 40 11 1 -- 2019 July 11-22 44 43 12 2 <1 2019 June 24-July 11 43 41 14 2 <1 2019 June 13-July 1 42 42 13 3 <1 2018 June 4-25 46 38 13 2 1 2018 May 21-June 4 46 37 14 3 <1 2018 Feb 5-Mar 11 51 37 10 2 <1 Q.1 continued on next page Q.1 (ATTENTION TO NEWS) CONTINUED A great A moderate Not None No deal amount much at all answer International news 2020 Sep 24-Oct 5 13 48 33 6 * 2020 Sep 11-24 12 51 31 5 <1 2020 Apr 14-20 19 52 26 4 <1 2020 Mar 17-30 32 48 17 2 <1 2019 Dec 3-15 15 53 27 4 <1 2019 Aug 19-Sept 3 21 53 23 3 <1 2019 July 11-22 17 54 26 4 <1 2019 June 24-July 11 21 50 25 4 <1 2019 June 13-July 1 22 53 22 3 -- 2018 June 4-25 22 53 22 3 -- 2018 May 21-June 4 24 51 21 4 <1 2018 Feb 5-Mar 11 19 50 26 3 2 2. What is your overall opinion of the news media in the United States today? Very Somewhat Somewhat Very No favorable favorable Neutral unfavorable unfavorable answer 2020 Sep 24-Oct 5 8 21 15 22 33 <1 2020 Sep 11-24 7 23 16 22 31 <1 2020 Apr 14-20 12 25 15 21 27 -- 2020 Mar 17-30 10 24 18 24 24 -- 2019 Dec 3-15 10 23 16 25 25 1 2019 Aug 19-Sept 3 8 24 15 27 26 <1 2019 July 11-22 10 26 16 24 24 <1 2019 June 24-July 11 8 23 14 26 30 <1 2019 June 13-July 1 10 23 15 25 26 <1 2018 June 4-25 8 23 14 27 28 -- 2018 May 21-June 4 13 24 13 22 29 <1 2018 Feb 5-Mar 11 10 30 14 21 25 <1 Copyright © 2020 Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 3. Next, when you hear the term “the news media,” what media outlets, organizations, or people come to mind? [OPEN-ENDED] 2020 Sep 24-Oct 5 CNN 68 Social media 32 MSNBC 28 The New York Times 18 Fox News 17 NBC News 17 ABC News 15 NPR/National Public Radio 10 CBS News 9 The Washington Post 8 Newspapers (non-specific) 7 Local television news (non-specific) 6 BBC/British Broadcasting Corporation 5 Television (non-specific) 3 AP/Associated Press 3 Radio (non-specific) 2 Network news (non-specific) 2 Internet (non-specific) 2 PBS/PBS News Hour 2 OAN/One America News 1 The Wall Street Journal 1 MSN 1 Reuters 1 Local news (non-specific) 1 Facebook 1 Google 1 CNBC/CNBC News 1 The Los Angeles Times 1 Other 19 No opinion <1 Copyright © 2020 Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 4. Please name the top 2-3 news sources you use. Be as specific as possible. [OPEN-ENDED] Recent trend 2020 2020 2020 2020 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2018 Sep Sep Apr Mar Dec Aug 19- July June June June 24-Oct 11-24 14-20 17-30 3-15 Sept 3 11-22 24-July 13- 4-25 5 11 July 1 FOX News 30 29 29 29 31 28 26 30 30 29 CNN 27 28 28 30 27 26 28 29 26 27 NPR/National Public Radio 15 12 12 11 11 12 16 11 15 19 The New York Times 15 12 13 11 11 12 11 12 10 11 Television (non-specific) 14 3 2 4 4 6 5 3 4 4 MSNBC 13 15 12 13 16 12 14 12 11 15 NBC News 10 8 11 9 11 12 10 10 13 8 ABC News 10 10 11 11 10 11 7 9 10 10 Local newspaper (non-specific) 10 12 14 12 17 19 18 17 15 14 The Washington Post 9 7 6 6 8 7 8 7 7 7 BBC/British Broadcasting 8 5 9 7 6 8 10 8 5 7 Corporation CBS News 6 7 9 7 9 7 8 8 9 8 Internet (non-specific) 6 10 6 8 9 11 13 11 12 14 Google 5 4 5 6 4 3 5 4 3 5 AP/Associated Press 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 OAN/One America News 3 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 The Wall Street Journal 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 PBS 3 2 2 4 4 2 3 1 3 2 Facebook 3 4 4 3 2 4 3 5 3 4 Yahoo 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 Reuters 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 Local radio (non-specific) 3 4 4 5 7 6 5 4 4 5 Twitter 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 Apple News 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 <1 Daily Wire 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Local Fox Station 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 Rush Limbaugh 2 <1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Newsmax 2 1 1 1 1 1 -- -- -- <1 Breitbart 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 Local News program (non- 1 14 7 10 11 13 12 18 16 16 specific) Reddit 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 Local ABC Station 1 3 6 6 4 4 3 2 3 2 The Guardian 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 The Atlantic 1 1 1 1 <1 1 1 1 <1 <1 The Blaze 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CNBC 1 <1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 MSN 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 The Los Angeles Times 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 <1 1 1 The Young Turks 1 <1 1 <1 1 1 <1 1 1 <1 The Hill 1 <1 1 <1 1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Politico 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 <1 YouTube 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 Local NBC Station 1 2 7 6 3 5 3 2 3 4 Copyright © 2020 Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Al Jazeera/Bodu Bala Sena 1 1 1 1 <1 1 1 <1 <1 1 Word of mouth 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 USA Today 1 <1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 The Huffington Post 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 Podcast (non-specific) 1 <1 1 <1 1 1 1 -- <1 2 Local CBS Station 1 2 4 5 3 4 2 2 2 2 Vice News 1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1 -- <1 <1 -- Talk radio (non-specific) 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 C-SPAN 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 1 <1 Bloomberg News 1 <1 <1 1 1 <1 1 1 1 1 Phone/Smartphone (non- <1 <1 1 <1 <1 1 1 1 1 1 specific) Chicago Tribune <1 <1 <1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 The New Yorker <1 <1 <1 -- <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -- Infowars <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -- <1 <1 <1 <1 FiveThirtyEight/538.com <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -- <1 <1 <1 1 The Boston Globe <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 The Drudge Report <1 <1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 HLN/Headline News <1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 <1 1 2 Magazine (non-specific) <1 <1 <1 <1 1 1 1 2 1 1 The New York Post <1 1 <1 <1 1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 The Skimm <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Univision <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -- -- <1 1 POTUS/Sirius XM <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 1 <1 The Economist <1 <1 <1 1 <1 <1 1 1 1 <1 RT/Russia Today -- <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 <1 1 Other 25 23 13 10 9 8 10 8 11 17 No answer 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 Percentages total more than 100% due to multiple responses.