Pew Research Center

Michael Morris | November 18, 2025

Public trust in news media has reached a record low, with a majority of Americans expressing little to no confidence in legacy elitist media like newspapers, TV and radio. Despite this distrust, these same media sources remain influential,…

Gabriela Pariseau | August 20, 2025

A Pew Research Center survey indicates that Google’s use of AI could accelerate its leftist bias, influencing users through AI-generated summaries that reduce interaction with search results. Users often accept these summaries without further…

Craig Bannister | November 14, 2024

Free speech emerged as a critical issue in recent U.S. elections, with surveys indicating its importance to voters across party lines. Approximately 63% of Americans view it as a "very important" issue. Concerns over free speech security and self…

Gabriela Pariseau | July 31, 2023

PragerU founder Dennis Prager proclaimed that freedom of speech is critically important and that without it “freedom dies.”

Alec Schemmel | August 25, 2021

Even after years of liberal media and politicians calling for the censorship of online speech, a plurality of Americans still say the government should not intervene — even at the cost of some false information slipping through. A new study from…

Kayla Sargent | October 19, 2020

Social media can often appear to be an echo chamber, especially to those closely following election events. But a recent survey suggests that Big Tech is shifting users’ political views. A study from the Pew Research Center published on October…

Ashley Rae Goldenberg | April 20, 2018
A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows a majority of Americans do not believe the government should rein in the spread of fake news.