Thursday, June 24, 2021

What to believe and what not to believe

According to a Reuters Institute Digital News Report 70 per cent of Irish people are extremely or very interested in news, which is up five per cent on last year.

The EU average is 60 per cent, the UK 51 per cent and in the US the figure is 54 per cent.

Sixteen per cent of Irish people pay for news.

RTÉ is considered by 78 per cent as a trusted news brand with The Irish Times at 77 per cent.

WhatsApp has overtaken Facebook as the most popular social media platform. It is used by 68 per cent of the 2,000 people who responded to the survey.

Seventy five percent of over 65s are concerned about what is real and what is fake on the internet, compared with 55 per cent of 18 - 24-year-olds.

When a new DA was appointed in Philadelphia major changes were made in the police. 

Someone was overheard saying that a person who has nothing to hide, hides nothing at all. 

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