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notes<br />

notes<br />

1 Accord<strong>in</strong>g to op<strong>in</strong>ion polls, 72 per cent of <strong>the</strong> Dutch population regard<br />

television as by far <strong>the</strong> most important source of <strong>in</strong>formation on eu policy.<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>formation sources are newspapers (62 per cent), <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternet<br />

(48 per cent) and radio (34 per cent) (Eurobarometer 64: 95).<br />

2 De Vreese observes that a negative tone <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> news is <strong>in</strong> fact <strong>in</strong>herent<br />

<strong>in</strong> Dutch report<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> general, and is not limited to <strong>Europe</strong>an issues <strong>in</strong><br />

particular (De Vreese 2007: 8).<br />

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