Journalism matters, science concludes
The president may be fond of complaining about "fake" news, but the truth is that journalism drives the national conversation, and science has proven it.
A new study published Thursday in the journal Science demonstrates that even small news outlets can have a substantial impact on the issues Americans talk about and when they talk about them. That's especially true when these news outlets work together.
"Journalists have a job that affects American democracy," said study leader Gary King, director of Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science. "People talk about this a lot, but now we actually have evidence
