Vote of No Confidence: Public Says Media Are Liberal, Biased and Inacc
August 10th, 2007 10:13 AM
Many Americans do not believe the news media are fair, accurate or even moral, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. The poll of 1500 Americans conducted late last month found that most of the public thinks news organizations are politically biased (55%) and often publish inaccurate stories (53%), and that roughly a third of the audience say the media are too critical of America (…
New Poll Reflects Media’s Negative Impact on Economic Perceptions
July 18th, 2007 2:26 PM
A new poll released Wednesday gave extraordinary evidence as
to how continued negative reports from a bearish media have impacted the public’s
view of the economy.
As reported
by Reuters (emphasis added):
Two-thirds of
those surveyed, 66 percent, said the direction of economic policy was fair or
poor.
Yet, these same
folks are very optimistic about their own economic condition:
Americans Overwhelmingly Believe Media Are Liberally Biased
July 15th, 2007 1:29 AM
A new poll released by Scott Rasmussen Friday identified that by almost a two to one margin, people believe the media are liberally biased.As you might imagine, for the most part, those that don’t see it this way are registered Democrats.Go figure.Regardless, the data was quite illuminating to say the least (emphasis added throughout):
Americans 5x More Confident in Military Than in Congress
June 22nd, 2007 6:51 AM
The MSM delights in highlighting President Bush's anemic poll numbers. Congress's approval rating in the latest Gallup poll was so shockingly, historically, low at 14% that the MSM could hardly ignore it.But there was another finding emerging from that same Gallup poll that has received very little media attention: the societal institution that enjoys, by far, the highest confidence among…
AP and Yahoo’s Continually Evolving Suicide Bombings Headline
May 22nd, 2007 2:51 PM
Charles Johnson over at Little Green Footballs has identified a rather interesting phenomenon at Yahoo this morning.As the website reported on the results of a just-released Pew Research Center survey of Muslim Americans, the headline continued to change:One hour and 52 minutes ago, the headline was:Most U.S. Muslims reject suicide bombings.Thirty-five minutes ago, the same story was re-released:…
Hillary Clinton’s Poll Numbers Plummet, Will Media Report It
April 18th, 2007 3:03 PM
Poll fixation by the media has been a frequent topic of discussion for conservatives as the press have focused ad nauseum on the falling approval numbers of President Bush the past couple of years. With that in mind, will the press show equal interest in a study just released by the Gallup Organization identifying Hillary Clinton’s favorability rating plummeting an astounding thirteen percentage…
