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Pew: TV Beats Web For Economic News

Earlier this year as Americans sought news about the recession and the economy, they turned to television, radio and newspapers more often than the Internet, per the Pew Research Center.

A just-released Pew survey, conducted in March and April, shows that 84% of respondents watched TV or listened to the radio for general economic news, 64% checked newspapers, magazines and books, and 48% went online. "We have consistently seen that traditional media and particularly TV is still the No. 1 way most Americans get political [and economic] news and information," says Lee Rainie, Pew project director.

In the season through April, CBS, ABC and NBC increased their nightly newscasts audiences by 5.9% from a year earlier, according to Nielsen. However, personal finance is a different story. Among Internet users who have high-speed access, the Web is the most important source for personal finance information, says Pew.

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