New Pew Research Poll: 38% Give the Press a Big Fat ‘F’ for Campaign Coverage
Posted: November 22, 2016 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Al Gore, Americans, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Gallup (company), George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, journalism, media, Pew Research Center, The Press, United States Leave a comment
Evidence keeps piling up that the American people have a very low opinion of how the media reports on our elections. The latest Pew Research Center opinion survey revealed “Just 22% give the press a grade of an A or B, while 38% give it a failing grade” – an F. The approval of the media has been declining for years. After the 2004 re-election of George W. Bush, 33 percent of voters gave the press an A or a B, compared to just 16 percent picking “F.” In 2008, the gap between A/B and F shrunk to ten points (34 to 24), and then to five points in 2012 (31 to 26 percent)….(read more)
Source: Newsbusters.org
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