Disapproval of the Media Hits a New Low

Howard Kurtz at The Washington Post writes about several stories, the first of which is the low rankings of trust the American people have for the media. Only 29% of Americans believe the media gets their facts straight, only 26% believe the media try to keep the stories unbiased and 70% believe the media try to cover up their mistakes.

He looks at it through political ideology as well. Seventy-three percent of Republicans say the media are fair to the Obama administration. Just 25% said that about the Bush administration's coverage four years ago. Fifty-four percent of Democrats say the press is fair to Obama. Sixty-eight percent approved of the Bush coverage in 2005.


The original article is here.