Polling

Americans increasingly support the First Amendment as Big Tech platforms and the U.S. government draw down their censorship efforts. This was evident in a 2025 poll showing that over half of Americans strongly disagree that the First Amendment is too broad.

Three weeks ago, The New York Times released a poll of Americans on the question of whether America’s political system could still solve the nation’s problems. The overwhelming response: no. In September 2020, 51% of Americans believed that America’s system could still address America’s problems; by September 2025, that number had declined to 33%. Meanwhile, almost two-thirds of…

Falling in between ABC’s George Stephanopoulos’s partisan hectoring on Wednesday and Thursday’s respectful exchanges with CBS’s Tony Dokoupil, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finished a tour of the broadcast networks Friday on NBC’s Today. There, co-host Craig Melvin battled him over the government shutdown by using week-old polls claiming Americans believe Republicans are to blame…

After hitting a record low last year, Americans’ trust in the nation’s legacy media has now sunk even lower, Gallup reported Thursday, releasing results of its annual survey of U.S. adults.

Democrats may have just realized that having “orange man bad” as their sole political message for the past 10 years was a really bad idea. In a surprisingly blunt segment on CNN News Central, the show’s hosts acknowledged what many Americans have long suspected: the Democratic Party was “a complete and utter mess” as they looked toward the 2028 presidential election. With no…

Reacting to a new Gallup poll finding that public attitudes toward immigration have become more positive since last year, MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin cheerfully mused over the possibility that Democrats will return to talk of abolishing ICE.

After gushing over Zohran Mamdani’s win in NYC’s Democratic mayoral primary, Wednesday’s New York Times “On Politics” newsletter wrote about how President Trump’s devastating strike on Iran’s nuclear capability is polling among Americans, under the subhead “A wary public isn’t convinced on Iran strikes." In 2011, they blamed the public for not liking Obama's attack on…

On Wednesday's Deadline: White House show, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace twice spread misinformation to her viewers as she greatly understated public support for deportations by misquoting a recent Pew poll.

A new paper defending PBS is headlined "An island of trust: public broadcasting in the United States," which was featured in Current, a sort of trade publication for public media: “Study shows Americans trust PBS precisely because it’s publicly funded.” The left-leaning Harvard-affiliated Nieman Journalism Lab quickly reprinted it, claiming "It’s essential…

Americans aren’t buying journalists’ claims that they didn’t know about former President Joe Biden’s declining mental condition during his time in office because they were somehow duped by his staff, a national survey of U.S. likely voters reveals.

The New York Times is testing a pretty desperate excuse for Donald Trump’s stubborn approval ratings, which aren’t awful, despite the unanimity of mainstream media against him. Cue the sneers about “lower-information voters”! The online headline encapsulated the main excuse: “One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention.” 

What does 92% negative coverage of President Donald Trump’s second term get you if you’re the legacy media? After the first 100 days, a basis from which to elicit doompolls that peddle narratives of disarray and chaos, while instilling fear in viewers.

On Friday's Deadline: White House, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace seemed to be channeling her inner Keith Olbermann as she accused the Donald Trump administration of arresting a Milwaukee judge to serve as a "distraction" from the economy.

On Sunday, CBS Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan presented new Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with a CBS News poll that they used to insist Americans already think President Trump is failing them on the economy. Bessent was sworn in on January 28. When Bessent challenged the pro-Biden/Harris media spin, Brennan got defensive and ended up a little embarrassed.