(Center Square) – As the country gains unlimited access to information about the 2024 presidential election, a Pew Research survey finds that Americans list 10 different sources that present very different ways of consuming news.

As Election Day neared, several news organizations refused to endorse either candidate, leading to backlash from some readers and nearly 250,000 cancellations for The Washington Post alone. Pew Research asked 8,000 open-ended questions about their favorite news sources, and most answered Fox News or CNN.

Fox News (13%) and CNN (10%) were first and second in the ranking the survey where 32% got their news in places other than those two, local news, other national television networks, NPR, The New York Times and social media platform X.

The sampling found that 22% of people aged 65 and over chose Fox, compared to 5% of those under 30. CNN’s number was down from 14% in 2021.

There were 17% who did not have a primary source of election news or a preference not to answer.

The Pew Research Center conducted this analysis and surveyed 9,680 adults between September 16-22.

Eighty-four percent of those who watch CNN say it is part of the mainstream media, compared to 5 percent who say it is not. Similarly, 61% of those who chose Fox News said it was part of the mainstream media, compared to 28% who said it was not.

The September poll asked Americans whether they think their choice of political news is part of the “mainstream media.”

The poll says Democrats are more likely to say choosing a news source is part of the media, compared to the Republican trend.

Among those who said NPR is their main source of news, 19% say it is not part of the media. Meanwhile, 57 percent of those who said local television is their main source of political news consider it the mainstream media, compared to 8 percent who disagree.

Thirty-four percent are not sure if their local TV news station is part of the media.