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That 13% is extremely worrying.
The 13% might include people who read the online newspapers.

dg writes: It does.
What's not clear (or not assessed) from the ofcom is where facebook (and other social of all sorts including mumsnet, pistonheads) would be counted (internet 13%, other 3%). There are plenty of people that treat facebook as "news" (primary or alternative). Ditto local social media (e.g. nextdoor).

Local newspaper consumption (free/paid for) also a unclear except for the Evening standard.

dg writes: If you read the 122-page Ofcom report, it has plenty of data on Facebook (35%), social media (49%) and local newspapers (10%).
It's an interesting analysis and presented in an informative way, but perhaps a little over-simplified. Granted you can get more false or highly-biassed news on the internet, but I imagine many if not most people allow for that and check 'real' news media - online or otherwise.

It's interesting, though, that 0% use only radio and newspapers. When I was a lad (I'm 70+) that was around 100%.
I'm in the 14% (everything) box, but only because I pick up the Standard from time to time. I think I gave up buying a daily newspaper about 20 years ago, around the time news websites became free and pervasive.
The best source of news is the BBC Teletext (red button): it's succinct without waffle, opinions or the distracting background of BBC TV news.
Sadly, like a lot of good things, it's shortly to go.
given the age demographics of the people who most read print sources its no wonder that printed newspaper circulation is collapsing. That with the 75% right wing bias is not healthy as it just reinforces outmoded views of the nearly dead.










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