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Monday, July 06, 2015

Poll: 70 percent of Americans believe news media is intentionally biased

"These are discouraging results for those of us who have spent our careers in journalism"

Nearly three quarters of Americans believe the news media reports with an intentional bias, according to a new survey.

The 2015 State of the First Amendment Survey, conducted by the First Amendment Center and USA Today, was released Friday. It shows that only 24 percent of American adults agree with the statement that “overall, the news media tries to report the news without bias,” while 70 percent disagree.

When the question was asked last year, 41 percent agreed, a 17-point difference.

“These are discouraging results for those of us who have spent our careers in journalism,” Ken Paulson, president of the First Amendment Center, wrote in an op-ed for USA Today on Thursday. “In 23 years in newsrooms, I saw consistent and concerted efforts to get stories right. Clearly, the public’s not convinced.”

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 6, 2015 at 9:42 AM

    The other 30% are stupid or asleep.

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  2. JoeAlberoJuly 6, 2015 at 9:50 AM

    Just look at the article the Daily Times wrote about Bob Culver this weekend. They had just published an article two days earlier stating Bob wasn't in support of something and then this weekend did an editorial stating he IS in support of it. They are LIARS within their own staff and they have refused to return Culver's call demanding answers.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 6, 2015 at 10:49 AM

    9:50-Thanks for the local example of a national problem.The US is rapidly turning into an asylum being run by the inmates.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 6, 2015 at 12:17 PM

    What do you expect. Journalism majors are indoctrinated by liberal college professors.

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  5. SteveJuly 6, 2015 at 9:13 PM

    “These are discouraging results for those of us who have spent our careers in journalism,” Ken Paulson, president of the First Amendment Center,

    LOL! Why? These results are here because you lie to us!

    Why does this surprise and disappoint you?

    Honor your trade, and this will reverse.

    Keep the pace going, and 70 will turn to 80, 90, and on.

    Why does this somehow puzzle you?

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