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Title: Bad News for Media: More Believe They're Biased
Post by: Chris_ on September 14, 2009, 07:56:33 AM
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Bad News for Media: More Believe They're Biased

NEW YORK -- More bad news for journalists: The percentage of people who believe their work is inaccurate and biased continues to grow.

Nearly two-thirds _ 63 percent _ of Americans surveyed by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press believe that news stories are often inaccurate. That's a flip from when Pew first asked that question in 1985, when 34 percent of respondents believed stories were frequently inaccurate.

Pew also found that 74 percent of respondents believe stories tend to favor one side of an issue over another, up from 66 percent two years ago.

Those trends tend to go hand in hand, said Andrew Kohut, the Pew center's director.

"If people believe that news reports are often biased, they will say they're inaccurate," he said.


Gee, I wonder why newspapers are failing.   ::)

I don't even read the local rag online, because it's so far to the left.

MORE (http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_news_image/2009/09/13/259566.html)



Title: Re: Bad News for Media: More Believe They're Biased
Post by: rich_t on September 14, 2009, 07:58:04 AM
Don't worry... Obama's admin will probably bail them out.

Too big to fail and all that....
Title: Re: Bad News for Media: More Believe They're Biased
Post by: thundley4 on September 14, 2009, 08:30:36 AM


Gee, I wonder why newspapers are failing.   ::)

I don't even read the local rag online, because it's so far to the left.

MORE (http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_news_image/2009/09/13/259566.html)

I still check the local paper online, but mainly the obituaries.