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Poll: 70 percent of Americans believe news media is intentionally biased
Washington Examiner ^ | July 3, 2015 | Eddie Scarry

Posted on 07/05/2015 5:47:43 AM PDT by Zakeet

Nearly three quarters of Americans believe the news media reports with an intentional bias, according to a new survey.

The 2015 State of the First Amendment Survey, conducted by the First Amendment Center and USA Today, was released Friday. It shows that only 24 percent of American adults agree with the statement that "overall, the news media tries to report the news without bias," while 70 percent disagree.

When the question was asked last year, 41 percent agreed, a 17-point difference.

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Other findings in the survey:

• 38 percent agree that business owners should be required to provide services to same-sex couples, a 14-point drop from 2013, when the question was first asked.

• 35 percent say the government "should be allowed to deny issuing license plates to a group who intends to display a Confederate flag on the plates," while 56 percent oppose the idea.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016election; demagogicparty; election2016; liberalism; mediabias; mediabiaspoll; memebuilding; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; poll; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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70 percent of Americans believe news media is intentionally biased ... and the other 30 percent are complete idiots!

1 posted on 07/05/2015 5:47:43 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

The Sheep Look Up.

(I hope)


2 posted on 07/05/2015 5:49:40 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

(Oh, and I KNOW the Book “The Sheep Look Up” can be construed as anti capitalist and anti American, but the title is great and fits this story.)


3 posted on 07/05/2015 5:51:29 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Zakeet

“Nearly three quarters of Americans believe the news media reports with an intentional bias, according to a new survey.”

Make that 100% and I would say they were getting close.


4 posted on 07/05/2015 5:53:52 AM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: Zakeet

Biased? Or just outright LIARS who know
they lie, like NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, ABC do
for their Islamic/alQaeda boss.


5 posted on 07/05/2015 5:55:55 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Diogenesis

Shocking. The 30% must be brain-addled.


6 posted on 07/05/2015 6:00:37 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Zakeet

And 75% of them will still vote for whomever Katie Couric tells them to vote for...


7 posted on 07/05/2015 6:07:34 AM PDT by Lord North
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To: Zakeet
I read somewhere that journalism schools acknowledge upfront that reporters will always be biased whether they realize it or not.

Therefore they should embrace it and use their position for the betterment of society. Reporters, they say, should be like information guides pointing out the important items and what it all means.

8 posted on 07/05/2015 6:10:37 AM PDT by oldbrowser (The kangaroos have taken over the supreme court.)
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To: Zakeet

It’s only been like that since Walter Commiekite was lying about the Vietnam war and got by with it.


9 posted on 07/05/2015 6:16:13 AM PDT by redfreedom (All it takes for evil to win is for good people to do nothing - that's how the left took over.)
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To: Zakeet

The bias in the media is most evident in what they choose not to investigate or report.


10 posted on 07/05/2015 6:19:13 AM PDT by CheneyClone
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To: Zakeet

Only because it is.

And bingo on the other 30%.


11 posted on 07/05/2015 6:28:33 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Zakeet

I believe this is a fact and not a belief that the MSM is biased and many of them should be executed for treason.


12 posted on 07/05/2015 6:45:26 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Zakeet

The Ministry of Propaganda has finally been exposed so that 70% can no longer ignore the fact that what they present is propaganda.


13 posted on 07/05/2015 6:51:20 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Zakeet

Spot on!


14 posted on 07/05/2015 7:21:58 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: redfreedom

What lie by Cronkite are you referring to?


15 posted on 07/05/2015 7:28:21 AM PDT by sakic
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To: redfreedom

What lie by Cronkite are you referring to?


16 posted on 07/05/2015 7:28:30 AM PDT by sakic
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To: Zakeet

NPR is the propaganda wing for the DNC.


17 posted on 07/05/2015 7:29:18 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: CheneyClone
The bias in the media is most evident in what they choose not to investigate or report.

Worth repeating.

The bias in the media is most evident in what they choose not to investigate or report.

18 posted on 07/05/2015 7:30:58 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: CheneyClone

Exactly, like the many, many incidents of the knockout “game” and other incidents of black-on-white crime, because if they told the truth about black -on-white crime, the numbers would completely turn the narrative upside-down. The statistics regarding rape would be a game changer, because they can’t spin rape as a crime founded in poverty.


19 posted on 07/05/2015 7:54:00 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Zakeet

Only 70%?

Thirty percent are still clueless?

Amazing.


20 posted on 07/05/2015 7:55:02 AM PDT by GOPJ (The left's perfectly happy with slavery so long as they're holding the whip..Billthedrill)
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