TV Still Tops for News

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NEW YORK Despite the proliferation of choices, more Americans still turn to local TV news as their top choice over all other media, according to a survey conducted for the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.

When asked for their top three news sources, 65.5 percent named local TV as the major source, followed by local newspapers (28.5 percent), national network TV (28 percent), local radio news (14.5 percent), the Internet (11 percent) and national newspapers (4 percent).

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