News sources bias and fact-checking U.S. 2022

A survey from July 2022 asked Americans how they felt about the effects of bias in news on their ability to sort out facts, and revealed that 50 percent felt there was so much bias in the news that it was difficult to discern what was factual from information that was not. This was the highest share who said so across all years shown, and at the same time, the 2022 survey showed the lowest share of respondents who believed there were enough sources to be able to sort out fact from fiction.

Attitudes to how bias in news sources affects ability to sort out the facts in the United States as July 2022

Characteristic	2017	2019-2020	2022
There is so much bias in the news media that it's often difficult to sort out the facts	47%	45%	50%
Although there is some bias in the news media, there are enough sources of news to be able to sort out the facts	50%	51%	49%

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 31 to July 21, 2022

Number of respondents

5,593 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Panel survey

Supplementary notes

Surveys for years prior to 2022 were conducted via mail among a random sample of addresses in the United States. The 2022 survey was conducted via mail and web using the source's panel sample.

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