New Survey: Most Agree Journalists 'Deserve' Scrutiny, Criticism

Kristine Marsh
August 29th, 2019 3:23 PM
A new poll from Rasmussen Reports reveals most Americans believe that journalists are more liberal than they are, and deserve scrutiny, despite the fervent objections from The New York Times. There’s even more bad news for the liberal media: the majority also agreed President Trump’s attacks on the press were “appropriate.”
 

Bozell & Graham Column: Poll Underlines Liberal Dominance in TV News

Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
April 9th, 2019 11:03 PM

The Hollywood Reporter performed a poll on the news media, and the finding is still unexpected and shocking to some. The headline was “Americans Think All Network News Channels Lean Liberal, Poll Finds.” Common sense has won. Can we dispose with the ridiculous fiction that the network news product is objective, strictly balanced, and nonpartisan?

 

New Poll: 45 Percent Say Media Was Biased Against Kavanaugh

Geoffrey Dickens
October 9th, 2018 3:43 PM
The liberal media’s joint effort with the Democratic Party to destroy Brett Kavanaugh was so blatant that fully 45 percent of those polled by The Hill determined that the media’s coverage of the hearings was slanted against the new Supreme Court Justice
 

Too Political: 43% Surveyed Less Likely to Watch Sports

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Matt Philbin
October 4th, 2018 1:54 PM
More bad news for the NFL. According to Variety, viewership of the first three weeks of the 2018 season “are down an average 2% in total viewers from where they were at the same point in 2017.” Of course, ratings in the same period of 2017 nosedived 8%-10%.  
 

New Poll: Most Americans 'Angry or Bothered' by Seeing Biased News

Tim Graham
June 26th, 2018 6:00 PM

The latest Gallup/Knight Foundation poll on the media and democracy finds a substantial degree of skepticism about the press, despite all the sloganeering about “Facts First” and “Truth” being “more important than ever.” Overall, Americans estimate that about 62 percent of the news they see on television, read in newspapers and hear on the radio is biased. They are even more inclined to see…

 

Poll: 77 Percent Believe 'Traditional' Media Report 'Fake News'

Tim Graham
April 2nd, 2018 5:26 PM

The American people are very skeptical of “fake news” in the Old Media. A new Monmouth University poll asked respondents “Do you think some traditional major news sources like TV and newspapers ever report fake news stories, or not?” A whopping 77 percent of those polled said Yes – 31 percent said it happens regularly, and 46 percent said it happens occasionally.

 

Poll Finds Poor Trust Numbers for ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT, LAT, WashPost

Tim Graham
November 8th, 2017 1:10 PM
Paul Bedard at the Washington Examiner reports a new poll shows more voters than not find the Big Three network newscasts and the nation’s three largest liberal newspapers “untrustworthy.” The latest Zogby poll asked specifically about "NBC, CBS, and ABC, along with large newspapers such as the New York Times, L.A. Times, and Washington Post?”The results? Forty-eight percent believe these outlets…
 

Wow: Nearly Half of Voters Believe Media Make Up Stories About Trump

Kristine Marsh
October 18th, 2017 10:42 AM

According to a poll conducted by Politico and Morning Consult, nearly half of American voters distrust the media’s reporting on President Trump and his administration. Not only that, but they believe journalists deliberately fabricate stories about Trump. More surprising, it’s not just Republicans or Trump supporters who believe this.

 

Gallup Poll: Most Republicans Disagree Media 'Get the Facts Straight'

Tim Graham
September 4th, 2017 10:33 PM
This isn't a great poll number for the press. Gallup reports that “Just over a third of Americans (37%) in 2017 say news organizations generally get the facts straight, unchanged from the last time Gallup asked this question in 2003.” While overall perception of the media’s accuracy is stable, major partisan shifts emerged over the past 14 years. Republicans' trust in the media's accuracy has…
 
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PBS Poll: More Americans Trust Trump Than the Media; 'Horrible Trend'

Matthew Balan
July 6th, 2017 10:51 AM
Monday's PBS NewsHour spotlighted the low trust in the news media, according to the results of their latest poll. Only 30 percent of those surveyed by NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist trust the press "a good deal" or "a great amount." The Trump administration scored seven points better in the same poll. Guest Stuart Rothenberg bemoaned the "horrible trend" towards distrust of the media over the past…
 

New Poll: 50 Percent Believe Media Have Over-Dramatized Trump Charges

Randy Hall
June 23rd, 2017 4:14 PM

If you believe that the news media's coverage of allegations involving President Donald Trump has been irresponsible and over-dramatized, you’re not alone. According to a new poll released by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, 50 percent of participants believe the media have favored people making allegations against the Republican occupant of the White House; 34 percent think the media…

 

Two New Polls Show Deepening Distrust of Trump-Trashing Press Corps

Tim Graham
June 22nd, 2017 2:36 PM

Two new polls demonstrate an ongoing, deepening distrust of the so-called “objective” news media, especially among Republicans. A new Rasmussen Reports poll published on Thursday found 76 percent of Republicans and 51 percent of voters not affiliated with either major political party believe most reporters are biased against President Trump. YouGov.com found 70 percent agreed news…

 

New Poll: Most Americans Don't Trust the 'Fake News' Media

Kristine Marsh
May 24th, 2017 3:13 PM
More research from liberal universities has confirmed that not only is the media biased against Trump, but a majority of the public doesn’t trust what they read from the mainstream media either. These findings echo a Gallup poll from September that showed only 32 percent of Americans trusted the media.  
 

Bozell & Graham Column: Hiding the Media's Disapproval Rating

Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
March 14th, 2017 11:00 PM

The latest poll by USA Today and Suffolk University carried some eye-opening numbers about public disapproval of the media’s aggressive attempts to run the country. They found President Trump has a 45 percent approval rating, while 47 percent disapprove. That’s not surprising. The media talk about his unpopularity all the time. But here’s what they don’t talk about: their own numbers. Only 37…