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Gallup Finds Biggest Loser In COVID-19 Response Is The Media

John Bickley
Gallup Finds Biggest Loser In COVID-19 Response Is The Media
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A new Gallup study gauging the American public’s view of the handling of the coronavirus crisis by various entities and figures found one particular group earning particularly bad marks: the news media, which was the only one on the list of nine that did not have majority approval.

“Americans are generally positive in their evaluations of how each of nine leaders and institutions has handled the response to the coronavirus situation,” Gallup explains. “Eight of the nine receive majority positive ratings led by U.S. hospitals, at 88% approval. Only the news media gets a more negative than positive review.”

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