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How the audiences of news sources differ in their levels of education (www.pewresearch.org)
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Source: Pew Research Center

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[–] 9 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

It's not "what % of college graduates get their news from this source", it's "what % of adults that get their news from this source have a college degree"

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    OK you're right. the scales are:

    • on a scale of all US adults, the percentage who have a college degree
    • on a scale of all readers who primarily get their news from (given magazine), the percentage who have a college degree

    So the scales are still different.

    I'm guessing they'd make an argument that: "If the college graduate readership were distributed evenly across all news sources, then (given magazine) would have (the percentage of all US adults who have a college degree)." But the labels don't say that, which is why it is confusing.

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