Axios: Democrats tune out national news during Biden era

[TheProle]

A new poll from Gallup and the Knight Foundation finds that younger Democrats are driving a huge decline in national news consumption in the U.S.

Why it matters: It marks the first time since the study began in early 2018 that Democrats report having less interest in national news than Republicans and independents.

Details: While respondents across the political spectrum all reported a decline in interest in national news over the past year, Democrats' interest has declined the most, with just 34% saying they paid a great deal of attention to national news in 2021, compared to 69% in November 2020.

The decline among Democrats ages 18-34 is staggering. Roughly a quarter (24%) said they paid a great deal of attention to national news in 2021, compared to 70% in November 2020. Those ages 35-54 also tuned out significantly.

Independents that lean Democrat are also paying less attention to national news than Independents that lean Republican, the survey found.

https://www.axios.com/democrats-national-news-biden-era-engagement-38881407-3e4f-4002-b3fa-e03de1be4e14.html

[PortTack]

1. Couldn't possibly be that the m$m is not being truthful in their assessments??

No true journalism either? constantly bashing dems..who wants to listen to that shit.

[Rebl2]

4. My thought

exactly. Also sick of hearing about tfg every effing day.

[agingdem]

15. My 24 year old granddaughter's generation

is so disgusted with the Republican Party and the wackos and thugs that run it, they will never vote for any candidate with an R after his/her name...they've had it with the 24/7 Trump burp and fart breaking news...they're done with his lies, depravity, stupidity, hate, insults, threats, his penchant for nazis, oligarchs, dictators...he downplayed the pandemic and upended their lives...they saw their grandparents, parents, and friends suffer and die because of Trump's malignant disregard for human life...they don't trust the judicial system, particularly the right-leaning Supreme Court...and because the MSM has devoted incalculable hours of air time and print "normalizing" Trump, his enablers, sycophants, and cult followers they're blind to a whole generation of twenty somethings who have literally tuned them out...

[Bettie]

20. That's how my 19 and 21 year olds are too

They don't trust the mainstream media to tell them the truth and largely see CNN as no better than Fox and only a small step above things like OAN.

[PortTack]

27. That too way way too much about tfg!!

[jstnwill]

2. The downside of sound leadership is very few headlines

[NewHendoLib]

25. I've tuned it out for many years because of "both sides do it", distortions

and not wanting to support such bullshit.

[Phoenix61]

3. When you trust the guy driving the bus you're

not looking over his shoulder the whole time.

[relayerbob]

7. That certainly is a big part of it

[Rebl2]

9. This started

in 2018, so they may have been sick of hearing about tfg ALL the time and of all his criminal activity. Unfortunately I think they lost them and they aren’t coming back. M$M still talk about him every day-sick of it myself.

[BootinUp]

5. Blood pressure down too. Nt

[CentralMass]

6. There are a lot of young disillusioned people out there.

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-democracy-millennials-disillusioned-memoryglobal.html

[Bettie]

21. Well, they keep being told that any of their priorites

like, living wages, health care, and addressing climate change before it's too late are "wanting a pony" and "not possible".

Plus, they are smart enough to see that the media is almost entirely slanted in favor of chaos, or rather, Republicans and their minions.

[CentralMass]

26. Yes. I have three daughters all in their late 20's "living the dream"

[BradAllison]

8. I'm tired of Republican's opinions being accepted as normal

I steer clear of the MSM.

[uponit7771]

11. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾

[luvs2sing]

10. I hope they know that..

just because we’re not watching “ news” doesn’t mean we’re not paying attention.

[Rebl2]

19. Exactly

Because those of us that care, are paying attention.

[PortTack]

28. +1000

[sky_masterson]

12. It's different when you don't have a Trump in office

After 4 years of being glued to the TV and internet wondering WHAT THE HECK IS TRUMP DOING/SAYING NOW? We can relax and pay less attention. The other side is paying attention because they believe psycho shit that keeps them in Panic mode.
Let it get closer to election day

[oasis]

31. That's it exactly. nt

[Fullduplexxx]

13. The media is a right tool ... I'm glad people are finally ignoring it

[Mr. Ected]

14. I'd say this has been the proper pivot for Democrats to have made

Perhaps we've discovered, particularly during and post-Trump, that the media does not have the Democrats' best interests at heart. By promoting bothsiderism and ignoring to a large extent the blatant obfuscation and misdirection of the right, the MSM has effectively carried the Republicans' water (whilst being condemned as being atrocious waterboys by politicians and their constituencies the whole time).

[AZProgressive]

16. Same here

I stopped watching the news after the way they covered the Afghanistan withdrawal.

Also lost interest in the news after BBB failed.

I still get my news from YouTube shows like TYT, The Nomiki Show, and The Majority Report.

[JI7]

17. Democrats have other interests

[Gidney N Cloyd]

18. Hell YEAH, I'm paying a little less attention than when a maniac was in charge.

[themaguffin]

22. LOL, last week we were told that we all watched Fox. FFS.

[doc03]

23. I certainly have. It has been nothing since January 6th but every day a different

charge against Trump and not one thing has happened to him or any of the people around him.
The NY prosecutor, the Georgia prosecutor, the January 6th committee and the National Archives.
The DOJ seems to be AWOL. It is depressing.

[cally]

24. For first time in my life, I've tuned out

I can’t stand the Democrat bashing, Democrats doomed, end of democracy, no hope for addressing climate catastrophe repeated day after day.

[Brainfodder]

29. I'm young!?! I watch no TV news!

Good to know!



Okay, in reality, in my case, biases have been shown, and way too much coverage of THEIR HORSESHIT, is perhaps why others have also tuned out?

Beating a dead horse on the daily just gets to be too much and not worth it, when most days, simple headlines would do, and more useless stress, don't need?

[Mr.Bill]

30. I get faster and more accurate news

on DU than any other source I can think of. Did the survey count looking at websites like this as watching news? Since I've been here I feel more informed and I'm watching TV news less.

[UTUSN]

32. Not "paying less attention" - more like *burned out*.

[Demovictory9]

33. the news was so overwhelming anti-Biden, I tuned it out too