Pew Research says internet preferred source for national and international news

Not that you needed confirmation, but research from the Pew Research Centre says that the internet has surpassed every other source for national and international news, except television. And television can feel the internet's hot breath on its neck.

The internet has now surpassed all other media except television as an outlet for national and international news. Currently, 40% of all the December 2008 survey respondents say they get most of their news about national and international issues from the internet, up from just 24% in September 2007.

For the first time in a Pew survey, more people say they rely mostly on the internet for news than cite newspapers. Television continues to be cited most frequently as a main source for national and international news. But among people 18 to 29, television and the internet are tied, as 59%.

Magazines have actually gone up, from 1% to 4% among young people.

The survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Dec. 3-7 among 1,489 adults.