The U.S. News Crisis Fact Sheet
15% of U.S. adults age 18-29 say they follow the news all or most of the time. This contrasts with 2016 where 27% of U.S. adults under 30 said they followed the news all or most of the time.
76% of U.S. adults age 18-29 say they get news from social media at least sometimes.
50% of U.S. adults age 18-29 say they have a lot of/some trust in the information they get from social media.
32% of U.S. adults under 30 say they get entertainment news extremely often or often, and are less likely than any other age group to get news about government and politics, science and technology, and business and finance.
70% of young U.S. adults say they get political news because they come across it, with 30% saying they seek it out.
Overall these statistics, cited from the Pew Research Center, show that the next generation of Americans, the generation with the biggest stake in the future of our republic, are paying less attention to the news than ever before. Much of the news they do see is from social media, where content creators with low editorial standards and major news organizations driven by agendas dominate feeds. Finally, the vast majority of young Americans who do see political news see it coincidentally, showing a lack of engagement with world events and politics.
At The Patriot we believe this represents an existential crisis in America. Our founding fathers understood that a knowledgeable and well informed citizenry were foundational to a strong republic. Our mission is to encourage young people to keep up with political news and engage with world events by providing modern reporting with TRUTH, CLARITY, and INTEGRITY.
