Poll: Majority of Americans Agree Media Is ‘Opposition Party’ to Trump

Curtis Houck
March 7th, 2017 4:58 PM

A new poll released on Monday by Investor’s Business Daily reported that a firm majority of American’s have not only become “weary” of seeing the media’s negative Trump coverage, but also that the liberal media have been cemented as the “opposition party” to Trump.  

 

New Poll: 38% Give the Press a Big Fat 'F' for Campaign Coverage

Tim Graham
November 21st, 2016 8:07 PM

Evidence keeps piling up that the American people have a very low opinion of how the media reports on our elections. The latest Pew Research Center opinion survey revealed “Just 22% give the press a grade of an A or B, while 38% give it a failing grade” – an F. The approval of the media has been declining for years. After the 2004 re-election of George W. Bush, 33 percent of voters gave the…

 

MRC/YouGov Poll: Most Voters Saw, Rejected News Media Bias

NB Staff
November 15th, 2016 9:47 AM
A post-election MRC/YouGov Poll of more than 2,000 actual voters demonstrates the American people were not persuaded by the dishonest liberal media to vote against Trump
 

By Overwhelming 10-1, Public Thinks Media Want Clinton to Win

Brent Baker
October 29th, 2016 7:24 PM

Two national polls released late in the week confirmed the public widely recognizes the news media’s agenda in favor of Hillary Clinton and decidedly against Donald Trump, a reality documented in a NewsBusters study earlier in the week. “By nearly 10-1, all those surveyed say the news media, including major newspapers and TV stations, would like to see Clinton rather than Trump elected,” Susan…

 

Rasmussen Poll: Only 29% Trust Media 'Fact Checking' of Candidates

Tim Graham
September 30th, 2016 1:53 PM
On Monday, we noted the latest Rasmussen Reports survey found that 46 percent of those surveyed felt the debate moderators would assist Hillary Clinton – something that happened with liberal Lester Holt in Monday’s debate. On Friday, Rasmussen has a new survey of 1,000 likely voters demonstrating a major distrust in media-elite “fact checking” of the candidates:
 

Rasmussen Poll: 46 Percent Expected Moderators to Favor Hillary

Tim Graham
September 27th, 2016 2:33 PM
Apparently, the public has been made painfully aware that the moderators will not be fair in this election cycle. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey taken before the first debate found "a plurality (46%) of likely U.S. voters believes most moderators will try to help Clinton in the upcoming debates. Only six percent (6%) think they will try to help Trump instead. Just 32…
 

Liberal Bias Runs Rampant as Gallup Finds ‘Trust in Media Sinks'

Scott Whitlock
September 14th, 2016 4:14 PM
According to a new poll by Gallup, Americans’s trust in their media fell to a shocking new low. Asked if they believe the press will “report the news fully, accurately and fairly,” a meager 32 percent answered in the affirmative. Gallup’s Art Swift noted, “This is down eight percentage points from last year.” 
 

Voters: Media Bias Worse Than Big Money in Politics

Kyle Drennen
February 16th, 2016 4:37 PM

A Rasmussen Reports poll released on Tuesday confirmed a long-term trend in the attitude of American voters that biased news coverage is one of the worst problems plaguing the political system, even beating out concerns over big money campaign contributions.

 

Bozell & Graham Column: Media Trust Hits An All-Time Low

Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
September 29th, 2015 11:03 PM

Washington Post political reporter Chris Cillizza is one of those self-impressed Watergate babies who thinks everything the media report brings great value to society. His latest article was titled "Trust in the media is at an all-time low. That's a terrible thing for all of us." It is?

 

Gallup Poll: Confidence in Police Rates Twice That of Mainstream Media

Randy Hall
June 17th, 2015 8:04 PM
A new Gallup survey has revealed that Americans have approximately twice as much confidence in law enforcement personnel -- 52 percent -- as they do in newspapers -- 24 percent -- and television news -- 21 percent. The telephone poll was conducted June 2-7 and included Gallup's newest survey on confidence in U.S. institutions, which it has updated every year since 1993.
 

Poll: Only 23% of Voters Say Reporters Will 'Offer Unbiased Coverage'

Matthew Balan
May 21st, 2015 11:47 AM

The media's reputation for bias was confirmed in a poll released Thursday by Rasmussen Reports, which found 61 percent of "likely U.S. voters do not trust the political news they are getting. That's a 16-point jump from 45% last October." Rasmussen also asked the 965 likely voters, "When it comes to the [2016] presidential campaign, will most reporters try to help or hurt Hillary Clinton, or…

 

Poll: Just 2% of Young Americans Trust Media to ‘Do the Right Thing’

Jeffrey Meyer
April 30th, 2015 9:44 AM
A new poll from Harvard University’s Institute of Politics has some alarming findings about the trustworthiness of the American media. Among adults aged 18-29, the poll found that just 12 percent believe the media "do the right thing." 
 

Gallup Poll Shows All-Time Low In Public Confidence In Media

Tim Graham
September 17th, 2014 5:03 PM

The pollsters at Gallup reported on Wednesday that Americans' confidence in the media's ability to report "the news fully, accurately, and fairly" has dropped to its previous all-time low of 40 percent. That number was at 55 percent in 1999, but hasn’t been above 50 percent since 2005. The media is really struggling among Democrats, who have “traditionally expressed much higher levels of…

 

Gallup: Public's Confidence in News Media Sinks to Record Low

Rich Noyes
June 19th, 2014 1:52 PM

In its annual survey of the public's faith in 17 key institutions, TV news has fallen to a new low, with only the U.S. Congress ranking below it in terms of public esteem. Just 18 percent of U.S. adults say they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in TV news, down from 23 percent who gave those answers last year. The previous record low was in 2012, when just 21 percent said…