Poll: Majority of Voters Say Media Are Shilling for Kamala Harris

Breitbart ^ | 16 Aug 2024 | Katherine Hamilton

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A majority of voters think news reporters are trying to help far-left Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris into the White House over former President Donald Trump, a new Rasmussen Reports poll found. 

Half (50 percent) of likely U.S. voters expect most reporters to help Harris ahead of the November presidential election, while 14 percent say they will help Trump. Roughly a quarter (26 percent) believe most reporters will offer unbiased coverage, and 10 percent say they are unsure, the survey found. 

“Looking ahead at the campaign, 66 percent of Republicans, 34 percent of Democrats, and 50 percent of unaffiliated voters expect most reporters to try to help Harris,” according to the poll report. “Thirty-eight percent (38 percent) of Democrats say most reporters will offer unbiased coverage instead, but only 14 percent of Republicans and 26 percent of unaffiliated voters agree.”

The survey found that 60 percent of respondents believe most reporters try to help their preferred candidate when covering political campaigns, up from 51 percent during the 2020 election cycle. Nearly three in ten (28 percent) disagree and say most reporters are unbiased, and 12 percent are unsure. 

Democrats (44 percent) are more likely than Republicans (16 percent) and unaffiliated voters (23 percent) to say reporters try to offer unbiased campaign coverage. In contrast, 74 percent of Republicans, 64 percent of unaffiliated voters, and 45 percent of Democrats think reporters shill for the candidate they want to win, the survey found. 

Nearly six in ten (57 percent) say Harris has received the best treatment from the media so far, while 29 percent say the media have favored Trump. Thirteen percent are undecided. 

[Dan in Wichita]

Only 50% can recognize the obvious truth?

[brownsfan]

And of the 50% that can tell, some will still vote for Harris.

[Salman]

It doesn't take great powers of deduction. They are scarcely hiding it.

The ones who say otherwise also know it. It's a loyalty test.

[fella]

It’s pretty blatant and over the top. The Nazis, Soviets’ and Imperial Japanese had much more subtitle propaganda than what The Deep State is putting out for ole’ round heels (or is she slue foot this week?).

[Harpotoo]

There is no media in amerika anymore!

[dforest]

Hard to believe but for the first time my goofy neighbor I talk about actually noticed for the first time ever that it is obvious the media totally shills for the democrats.

Nice to see she noticed and didn’t like it.

[adorno]

Half (50 percent) of likely U.S. voters expect most reporters to help Harris

Two problems here...

Those are NOT reporters helping Kamala. They are democrat pundits, passing themselves off as 'reporters'.

And, most people aren't equipped with enough intelligence to recognize that those reporters aren't there to be neutral by reporting just the facts.

And, those voters, even if they recognize the fact that 'reporters' are helping Kamala, they'll turn right around and vote for Kamala, thereby proving that those biased reporters are getting away with helping Kamala.

If voters do recognize that the media is trying to help Kamala, why are polls as close as 50% for Kamala and 50% for Trump? Stupid is as stupid does. The media is working with what they know are stupid voters. Stupid voters don't know but to vote stupidly.

[missnry]

I think by law they should be required to display a chyron at the bottom of the screen for every “news” broadcast that it is a “Donation In Kind to the Democrat Party.” “The View” should absolutely have the chyron! It is a non-stop commercial for the rats!

[FLT-bird]

Well duh. How could anybody possibly fail to notice?

[Organic Panic]

This sounds like a case for Captain Rennault.

[Leep]

Is their any hard evidence ...I mean besides tuning into the alphabet channels and paying attention for several minutes?

[Leep]

Is there any hard evidence ...I mean besides tuning into the alphabet channels and paying attention for several minutes?

[Ex-Con777]

Half of the population is below average IQ, by definition.

EC

[nhbob1]

Who are the delusional 14% that think the media will help Trump?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Roughly a quarter (26 percent) believe most reporters will offer unbiased coverage”

When all you read is NYT, WAPO, LA Times, Time Magazine and all you watch is MSNBC, CNN, etc, then, yes, you believe they are unbiased.

[j.havenfarm]

You’ve seen them. They’re the ones in the man in the street interview who say they admire Harris’ accomplishments and support her policies, then can’t give an example of either

[utax]

Ya don’t say??

[FlingWingFlyer]

Shilling? They totally created America’s first Queen out of a Jamaicanho Indian.

[nwrep]

We see that as a disqualifier, but the voters will vote for her even if the media shills for her. In other words, that reason alone is not enough to expect people to vote against her, but they should be skeptical of what they hear from the media.