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Media Bias 101: What Journalists Really Think -- and What the Public Thinks About Them

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:37:00 +0000

Decades of Research Showing What Journalists Think, How Journalists Vote, What the Public Thinks About the Media, and What Journalists Say About Media Bias

Media Bias 101 summarizes decades of survey research showing how journalists vote, what journalists think, what the public thinks about the media, and what journalists say about media bias. The following links take you to dozens of different surveys, with key findings and illustrative charts. (Most recent update: May 2014)

Exhibit 2-28: Seeing Liberal Bias in the News (2013)

rich.noyes — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:20:31 +0000

A trio of polls conducted during 2013 showed that, by a wide margin, many more Americans see a liberal bias in the news media than a tilt in favor of conservatives. Even a sizeable percentage of self-identified Democrats seemed to concede this point, with 36 percent telling the Pew Research Center that the media are liberal, and 38 percent of Democrats telling Rasmussen they shared the views of the “average reporter.”

KEY FINDINGS:

Exhibit 2-27: In Campaign 2012, Most Voters (Again) Saw Media Favoring Obama

rich.noyes — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:10:37 +0000

A Rasmussen poll taken in the summer of 2012 found that, as in past years, the public perceived the media providing more favorable news coverage to the Democratic nominee.

NBC's Chuck Todd Slams Rasmussen Poll as 'Slop'

kyle.drennen — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:38:35 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday, NBC News political director Chuck Todd launched into a rant attacking Rasmussen Reports polling: "We spend a lot more money polling than Scott Rasmussen does. We spend a lot more money on quality control....I hate the idea that [NBC] polling, which is rigorously done, has to get compared to what is, in some cases, you know, slop." [Listen to the audio]

Networks Out of Step with Public, Ignore Majority Support for ObamaCare Repeal

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:13:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

The 112^th Congress took office Jan. 5 and the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives planned to immediately tackle the unpopular health care legislation signed into law in 2010.

The Washington Post reported that House Republicans intend to vote on a repeal of ObamaCare Jan. 12, just one week into the new congressional session.

Brent Bozell Reacts to Americans' Heightened Anger with the Media

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:18:00 +0000

MRC President Brent Bozell issued the following statement on Tuesday:

"Americans have spoken and they are livid with the media."

CNN: 'Moderate' Sen. Dorgan 'Was Expected to Easily Win a Fourth Term'

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:15:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Tuesday evening, CNN tried to put the best spin on Senator Byron Dorgan's announcement that he wasn't running for reelection, labeling the pro-abortion, union-friendly liberal who was trailing in the polls a "moderate Democrat....[who] was expected to easily win a fourth term."

Exhibit 2-18: Public Overwhelmingly Saw Favoritism For Obama

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:17:00 +0000

No fewer than five different polls conducted during the last months of the 2008 presidential campaign found the public strongly believed that the news media was biased in favor of Democrat Barack Obama in his campaign against Republican John McCain. In July, a Rasmussen poll found more than three times as many voters saw journalists favoring Obama; by October, a Pew Research Center poll discovered the margin had grown to nearly 8-to-1.

KEY FINDINGS:

Exhibit 2-17: Rasmussen Reports on Campaign 2008 Bias

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:58:00 +0000

Because the news media's role was so central to the 2008 presidential campaign, Rasmussen Reports posed several questions on public perceptions of the media throughout the campaign. Besides the question of whether voters thought the media were favoring Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain (which we report elsewhere), Rasmussen discovered a notable lack of trust by voters in the media's professionalism and objectivity:

Exhibit 2-16: Public Reaction to Media Coverage of the 2008 Primaries

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +0000

During the 2008 primary season, a Pew Research Center poll of 1,000 Americans discovered that most thought 'press coverage has favored Barack Obama than thought it has favored Hillary Clinton.' Earlier, a Rasmussen poll of 800 likely voters taken after the New York Times published a front-page story insinuating that Republican Senator John McCain had engaged in an extramarital affair found that two-thirds believed it was not 'simply reporting the news,' but 'an attempt by the paper to hurt the McCain campaign.'

KEY FINDINGS:

Matthews to Skeptical Congressman: 'Are You a Luddite, a Troglodyte?'

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:49:45 +0000

Jeff Poor

MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews used personal attacks against a Congressman and accused the GOP of being anti-science on his May 20 program

In a segment about global warming, Matthews interviewed Reps. Jim Moran, D-Va., and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who had opposing views on the issue. But Matthews introduced Rohrabacher, the global warming skeptic, as someone ignorant of science.