Survey Finds Huge Gap Between How Republicans and Democrats View Media

SURVEY FINDS HUGE GAP BETWEEN HOW REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS VIEW MEDIA
[SOURCE: Editor&Publisher]
Less than half of all Americans have a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the mass media. Nearly 3 in 4 republicans say the media is "too liberal." Exactly twice as many Democrats (66%) express some faith in the media compared with Republicans (33%). Some 22% of Democrats find the media "too conservative." The Gallup survey of 1,010 adult Americans, taken in mid-September, revealed that only 9% of Americans say they have a great deal of trust and confidence in the mass media to report the news "fully, accurately, and fairly," while another 38% say they have a "fair amount" of trust in the media to do this. This total of 47% trust stands in contrast to the Gallup finding in 1976 which pegged it at 72%. But Gallup adds: "Americans are less likely to perceive bias in their local news media than in the national news media."
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