Gallup Poll: 62% of Americans Believe Their News Is Biased

[rangerrebew]

Gallup Poll: 62% of Americans Believe Their News Is Biased

(CNSNews.com)—In a recent follow-up survey about American views, Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation [1] reported that Americans believe that 62 percent of “the news they read in newspapers, see on television or hear on the radio is biased.”

Through a web survey of 1,440 U.S. adults, Gallup wanted to find out how much “problematic information” people find via T.V., newspapers, radio, and social media.
 
Source URL: https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/gallup-poll-62-percent-americans-believe-their-news-biased

[dfwgator]

The other 38% are brain-dead.

[skeeter]

The other 38% are brain-dead.

I'm sure a good number of the 38% believe the news is slanted to the right.

Which makes them worse than brain dead.

[WingNot]

Trumps throwing the "Fake News" is starting to stick.  It is brilliant.

[dfwgator]

Trumps throwing the "Fake News" is starting to stick.  It is brilliant.

If that's the only contribution from the Trump Presidency,  it was well worth it, for that alone.

[Concerned]

Here are some data from the actual poll results and the link to the Gallop poll data is below:

Overall, U.S. adults estimate that 62% of the news they read in newspapers, see on television or hear on the radio is biased. They think the news media mostly provide accurate information, but still estimate that 44% of what they see is inaccurate. And they believe that more than a third of the news they see in these channels is misinformation -- false or inaccurate information that is presented as if it were true.

Americans are even more critical of the news they see on social media. They believe 80% of it is biased, 64% is inaccurate and 65% is misinformation.

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/235796/americans-misinformation-bias-inaccuracy-news.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&g_medium=TOPIC&g_campaign=item_&g_content=Americans%3a%2520Much%2520Misinformation%2c%2520Bias%2c%2520Inaccuracy%2520in%2520News

[Fishrrman]

I'd like to see the demographics on that poll.

It would be interesting to see which ethnic/racial group was "the most distrusting", etc.