More Americans got their news from social media than television over the past year, according to a global media snapshot that surveyed consumers across 48 countries. More than half of U.S. respondents to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism survey said social media and online video services are their primary means of consuming news. About half —or just under

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Let’s start with a one-question quiz. Is the following headline more likely introducing opinion or news?: “It’s been a rough year for Journalism.”Answer: It is more likely headlining an opinion piece because it offers an unsourced judgment. It’s also a dumb joke; the headline above was about this year’s Kentucky Derby, where a horse named “Journalism” placed second in the race

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