Monday, August 02, 2010

Pew Rates the Press

A poll from Pew Research Center shows some interesting numbers. Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two Decade Low: Overview

Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. In the initial survey in this series about the news media’s performance in 1985, 55% said news stories were accurate while 34% said they were inaccurate. That percentage had fallen sharply by the late 1990s and has remained low over the last decade.
Press Criticism Now More Bipartisan
Stories often inaccurateJul 07 %Jul 09 %Change
Total5363+10
Republicans6369+6
Democrats4359+16
Independents4359-3
R-D Gap+20+10
Tend to favor one side
Total6674+8
Republicans8184+3
Democrats5467+13
Independents6873+5
R-D Gap+27+17
Too critical of America
Total4344+1
Republicans6360-3
Democrats2333+10
Independents4541-4
R-D Gap+10+27


Partisan Views of Leading News Outlets
TotalRepDemIndR-D Gap
CNN%%%%
Favorable60447555-31
Unfavorable1934722+27
DK / Can't rate21221823
Fox News%%%%
Favorable55724355+29
Unfavorable25133624-23
DK / Can't rate20152121
MSNBC%%%%
Favorable48346047-26
Unfavorable1935720+28
DK / Can't rate33313233
Network TV%%%%
Favorable64558154-26
Unfavorable2425933+26
DK / Can't rate21221823
NY Times%%%%
Favorable29163929-23
Unfavorable1731818+23
DK / Can't rate21221823
NPR%%%%
Favorable44395043-11
Unfavorable1213716+6
DK / Can't rate44484340
Wall St. Journal%%%%
Favorable32392932+10
Unfavorable13121612-4
DK / Can't rate55295656

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