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  "id": "pew-77-percent-news-influencers-no-news-background",
  "slug": "pew-77-percent-news-influencers-no-news-background",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/pew-77-percent-news-influencers-no-news-background/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/pew-77-percent-news-influencers-no-news-background.json",
  "claim": "77% of news influencers have no affiliation or background with a news organization",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Most news influencers aren't journalists\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "America's News Influencers (Nov. 18, 2024)",
    "year": "2024"
  },
  "quote": "A clear majority of news influencers are men (63%). Most (77%) have no affiliation or background with a news organization.",
  "method": "Pew analysis of a sample of 500 news influencers drawn from 28,266 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube, plus 104,786 of their posts, summer 2024.",
  "drift": [
    "Applies to Pew's sample of prominent news influencers, not all creators"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Pew's 2024 study of prominent news influencers found 77% had no affiliation or background with a news organization, and 63% were men.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew — America's News Influencers (2024)",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/americas-news-influencers/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Summer 2024",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}