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Cable news is big news. People, especially those who work in news, love to talk about cable news – its impact, its people, what it does right, what it does wrong. Mediaite regularly summarizes nightly ratings for cable news, and although each night the questions are mostly the same –
did Rachel Maddow get more viewers than Tucker Carlson? Did Fox win in total viewers, again? Is CNN still winning the demo? – the answers, whether they change or not, are an interesting barometer of audience preferences.
But while shows on cable news, particularly during prime time, seem to get all the attention, one fact seems to get lost in all the noise: the nightly news shows on the broadcast channels have more viewers than any show on any cable news network. A lot more. In some cases, a single, 30-minute broadcast news show has more viewers than all of prime time on the cable news networks.
News becomes plural
“The bones of our fractured Union are still there. In 2021, journalists either will need to learn to knit them back together or will hasten both the country’s disarticulation and their own irrelevance.”
October marked the point of maximum saturation. “I’ve had enough news now, thank you,” wrote Alexandra Petri in The Washington Post. News avoidance was up, wrote Medill professor Stephanie Edgerly in The Hill, noting that even avid journalism consumers were now opting to detox for their own mental health. Not only were current events themselves painful and disorienting, but the modes of reporting themselves felt poisonous.
Misinformation around vaccine drives some hesitancy
CHICAGO, Dec 20, (AP): From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020. Public health officials, fact checkers and doctors tried to quash hundreds of rumors in myriad ways. But misinformation around the pandemic has endured as vexingly as the virus itself. And with the US, UK and Canada rolling out vaccinations this month, many falsehoods are seeing a resurgence online. A look at five stubborn Myths around COVID-19 that were shared this year and continue to travel:
Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts
From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.
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A pedestrian walks past a mural reading: When out of your home, Wear a mask over your mouth and nose, during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco. (Photo | AP) By Associated Press
CHICAGO: From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.
Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts
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18th December, 2020 05:21:48
From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.
Public health officials, fact checkers and doctors tried to quash hundreds of rumors in myriad ways. But misinformation around the pandemic has endured as vexingly as the virus itself. And with the U.S., U.K. and Canada rolling out vaccinations this month, many falsehoods are seeing a resurgence online.
A look at five stubborn myths around COVID-19 that were shared this year and continue to travel: