Pew State Of The Media Study: Journalism Cutbacks Are Driving Consumers Away

NEW YORK (AP) — Years of newsroom cutbacks have had a demonstrable impact on the quality of digital, newspaper and television news and in how consumers view that work, a study released Monday found. Nearly one-third of consumers surveyed by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism said they have abandoned a news outlet because it no longer gave them what they had counted on, either with fewer or less complete stories. Pew's annual State of the News Media report delivered what has become a common litany of grim business statistics.

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