More Americans Get Their News From Local News Than From Any Other Source

A new study is out showing local news is the favorite by which Americans get their news information.  The study was conducted by the American Press Institute.  Here are the findings:

Among the different types of TV news, more Americans (82 percent) turn to their local TV news stations either through the TV broadcast or online than another other type. Sizeable majorities also cite the three national network broadcast news operations (73 percent) in their various forms and 24-hour cable news channels (62 percent) — such as Fox News, CNN, or MSNBC — as sources of news, either on television or digitally.