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…

 
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Poll Shows 46 Percent Want Stephanopoulos Out of Campaign Coverage

Randy Hall
May 19th, 2015 5:50 PM
If it weren't for bad luck, senior ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos would have no luck at all. According to a poll released Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports, a plurality of 46 percent of likely voters think that the co-host of the weekday Good Morning America program and This Week, a Sunday news and interview show, should be banned from any coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign.
 

Poll: 40% of Americans Think Brian Williams Should Resign from NBC

Jeffrey Meyer
February 9th, 2015 12:38 PM
In the wake of the ongoing saga surrounding NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams’ repeated lies about his reporting in Iraq in 2003, polling by Rasmussen Reports found that Williams hurts NBC’s credibility and thus should resign from NBC News. Based on their results, 40% of American adults think Williams should resign from his role as Nightly News anchor following his admission that he lied…
 

NB's Rich Noyes, Laura Ingraham Discuss Polls Showing Americans Are Wi

NB Staff
August 23rd, 2012 12:19 PM
A new poll by Rasmussen shows that 51 percent of voters think the media will, for the most part, attempt to help reelect President Obama rather than work to accurately and fairly report on the campaign. Only 9 percent of respondents believe the media are in the tank for Romney. That same poll found 59 percent of likely voters "believe Obama has received the best treatment from the media so far…
 

Not News: AFP Runs Stale Obama-Supporting Health Care Poll Done Before

Tom Blumer
August 7th, 2009 5:39 PM
About the only thing you can conclude about the Agence France-Presse wire service's August 4 "news" item about a health care poll result ("Majority back Obama on health care reform: poll") is that they couldn't find anything more recent than three weeks old to provide the result they were looking for. So AFP went back to a poll done between July 9-13 -- an online one no less. As NewsBusters…
 

Poll: 41% Say Iraq War Succeeding, 48% Say Will Get Even Better

Warner Todd Huston
October 1st, 2008 11:37 PM
Granted the focus of today's news is overwhelmingly on the bailout and the presidential race, but there is also big news on how Americans are now seeing the war effort. The pendulum has swung from despair to hopeful belief and this is important news that impinges on the elections. Rasmussen released new data on September 30 that shows that more Americans are now viewing the war as a success and…
 

MSM Ignores Poll: 62% of Voters Prefer Fewer Govt. Services with Lower

Terry Trippany
May 22nd, 2008 10:05 AM
It seems that the drive-bys in the mainstream media have decided to keep on driving past a Rasmussen poll that contradicts the message of certain left leaning darlings on the presidential campaign trail. (h/t MKFreeberg) The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 62% of voters would prefer fewer government services with lower taxes. Nearly a third (29%) disagrees and would…