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Most in the UK say news media have helped them respond to #COVID19, but 35% say news coverage has made crisis worse, acc. to our new factsheet, #10 from UK COVID-19 news and info project supported by @NuffieldFound

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2. Despite important investigative reporting on government response, a third (35%) say they think the coronavirus situation in the UK has been made worse by how the news media has covered it.

Only 7% say the crisis has been made better by their coverage. 46% stay on the fence

3. The percentage of people who say they have used news organisations as a source of information about #COVID19 in the last week has plummeted since April.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📺" title="Fernsehen" aria-label="Emoji: Fernsehen"> TV: -22 percentage points

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📱" title="Mobiltelefon" aria-label="Emoji: Mobiltelefon"> Online news: -17

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐦" title="Vogel" aria-label="Emoji: Vogel"> Social media: -25

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📻" title="Radio" aria-label="Emoji: Radio"> Radio: -11

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗞" title="Eingerollte Zeitung" aria-label="Emoji: Eingerollte Zeitung"> Print: -1

3. The percentage of people who say they have used news organisations as a source of information about #COVID19 in the last week has plummeted since April.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

4. Only 45% of our respondents rate news organisations as relatively trustworthy sources of information about #COVID19, down from 57% in April.

-Trust in the UK government has plummeted from 67% in April to 44% in August.
-Only 22% trust politicians, 16 points down from April

5. Here& #39;s how Brits think the news media have covered the pandemic:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦠" title="Microbe" aria-label="Emoji: Microbe">56% say the news media have helped them understand the pandemic

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😷" title="Gesicht mit Mundschutz" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Mundschutz">61% that they have helped explain what they can do in response to it

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤥" title="Lügendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Lügendes Gesicht">27% say they feel the news media have exaggerated crisis

5. Here& #39;s how Brits think the news media have covered the pandemic:https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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6. People in the UK are more concerned about misinformation from the UK government (38%) & from individual politicians (37%) than from misinformation from news organisations (30%).

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke"> Concerns over politicians have grown since April. Concerns over news orgs have remained stable

6. People in the UK are more concerned about misinformation from the UK government (38%) & from individual politicians (37%) than from misinformation from news organisations (30%).https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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7. Finally, only 20% think that the coronavirus situation in the UK is heading in the right direction. 29% think the UK is on the wrong track. 45% think the picture is mixed.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke"> % of people who think the UK is on the wrong track has gone up 19 points since April.

7. Finally, only 20% think that the coronavirus situation in the UK is heading in the right direction. 29% think the UK is on the wrong track. 45% think the picture is mixed.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

% of people who think the UK is on the wrong track has gone up 19 points since April." title="7. Finally, only 20% think that the coronavirus situation in the UK is heading in the right direction. 29% think the UK is on the wrong track. 45% think the picture is mixed.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke"> % of people who think the UK is on the wrong track has gone up 19 points since April." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>

Authored by @rasmus_kleis @antoniskalog & @dragz, this is the last factsheet from the UK #COVID19 news and info project.

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Most in the UK say news media have helped them respond to COVID-19, but a third say news coverage...

This factsheet from the UK COVID-19 News and Information Project looks at levels of trust in the media and other institutions for getting information about coronavirus. Learn more about the project...

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