Polling

Liberals around the country are smiling today at an Associated Press poll and story circulating on the web claiming that conservatives read less than liberals, none more so than former Colorado Democratic congresswoman Pat Schroeder who despite being president of the American Association of Publishers decided she felt like insulting half of her potential reading audience by dusting off an old…

Looking to sample the political opinions of regular Americans? What better cross-section than the denizens of MSM newsrooms! That seems to be Mike Barnicle's attitude, at least. The former Boston Globe columnist-turned-MSNBC contributor is guest-hosting for Chris Matthews on this afternoon's "Hardball."Chatting with guests Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post and Holly Bailey of Newsweek, talk…

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 (…

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:

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):

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…

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:…