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Public Sees Harm in Exaggerating, Downplaying COVID-19 Threat

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Media bias is a great concern for Americans, and the implications of such bias for society are magnified when the nation is in crisis, such as the current coronavirus pandemic.

A new Gallup/Knight Foundation survey finds that a majority of Americans are concerned about biased news coverage of the coronavirus situation, including reporting that downplays the threat but also reporting that exaggerates it.Democrats and Republicans diverge on whether exaggerating or downplaying the coronavirus threat is the greater risk.

However, they generally agree that the crisis is worse than it needed to be, and that the news media should not wait for the crisis to ease before reporting on official actions that exacerbated the

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