Kaiser Health Poll: Most People Get Healthcare Info From Cable News

Thirty-six percent of respondents cite cable outlets and their web sites

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/23/2010 10:03:30 AM

Cable news is where most people have gotten their information about healthcare reform, according to the findings of a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll.

Over a third of the respondents (36%) cited cable news outlets and their Web sites, compared to network newscasts (16%), newspapers (12%), friends and family (10%) and radio (9%).

The poll was conducted April 9-14 via telephone using a random sample of 1,208 adults 18-plus. The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Local TV station newscasts appear not to have been one of the options given in the question about media sources of information. Other options were other web sites and blogs, elected officials, employers and community organizations.