"News Media Receives an "F-" in New Pew Research Poll

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konane — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:03:50 GMT

<br />"How do they get millions of people all over the country to listen to them and believe what they say???" Dumbed down education system over time, along with indoctrination that trivia is more important than facts, helped along with subliminals out the waz to prod those easily persuaded. Voila lemmings over the cliff syndrome. <br /><br />"favorite spokesman who is only too eager to do our thinking for us in order to save us the trouble of forming our own opinions on current political... [ More ]

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konane — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:37:46 GMT

Thanks Em!!! Without the internet we might as well be mushrooms, kept in the dark and fed ... well you know!!!

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jim695 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:53:33 GMT

<br /> As I was surfing through some satellite channels last night, I tuned into CNN just for fun (and because I was bored out of my skull). Anderson Cooper was discussing the recent protests taking place across America with David Gergen, James Carville and Mark Williams. I gathered from this "discussion" that it's now considered very rude for Americans to exercise their right to free speech, that we have no business participating in any type of dissension and that, since our president is Bl... [ More ]

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emilyg — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:41:13 GMT

A well deserved F

Original Blog Entry: "News Media Receives an "F-" in New Pew Research Poll

konane — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:35:44 GMT

Considering who the media elected, seems people are waking up.

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News Media Receives an F- in New Pew Research Poll

September 14, 2009 by

Daniel Raeder

Source Associated Content

Fewer Than One-Third of Americans Trust Mainstream Press

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center highlights a growing lack of trust by the public in modern press. From ethics in reporting and journalism, to unbiased coverage of events, all major outlets have received a failing score this year from the American public.

In 1985, over half of Americans placed their trust in mainstream media sources saying they often get the facts right. The Pew poll for the year 2009 demonstrates a significant decline in trust over the past 24 years and reflects a growing skepticism of news organizations.

In the poll, a mere 29 percent of American's think the mainstream press reports news stories accurately. Only 18 percent believe that both sides of an issue are represented equally.

The poll shows a drop by more than 25 percent in Americans' perception that news organizations possess journalistic integrity and reporting quality.

Using slogans such as, The Most Trusted Name In News (CNN), and Fair And Balanced (FOX), the companies have now been called out by the public as demonstrating major biases, according to the Pew poll. Sixty percent of those polled suggested that the organizations are politically biased, while 74 percent felt coverage was influenced by powerful people and organizations.

Adding to the poor grade by the public, 70 percent believe that news organizations actively worked to cover up the factual mistakes in their reporting instead of correcting them.

Additionally, the poll reflected that views of increasing partisanship within news media has skyrocketed. Sixty percent feel that coverage is politically biased, versus only 45 percent just two-and-a-half decades ago.

Newspapers, television and network news have all slumped, showing a drop of more than 20% since 1985 in favor among those who chose them for source of news information.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2173255/news_media_receives_an_f_in_new_pew.html?cat=3

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