About 60% of Americans proactively seek out the news, according to a Global Strategy Group survey out late last month. The rest are what the poll’s authors call “passive” consumers — people who say the news “comes to me.” The difference is starkest for members of the youngest 18-to-29 age bracket, who also reported getting a greater share of their news from social media. Passive news consumers preferred President Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, but a bare majority now say they disapprove of him. One place these tuned-out viewers still go: YouTube, which 80% — and 95% of 18-to-29-year-olds — said they used at least weekly.
— Graph Massara
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