According to a recent survey, over 75% of adults in the United States believe that news organizations are biased when it comes to reporting on social and political issues.
The Pew Research Center’s survey, which was published on Tuesday, revealed that 77% of the surveyed Americans believe that media organizations are biased.
This is a minor decrease from the highest percentage recorded since Pew began asking the question nearly 40 years ago, when 79 percent of respondents said the same thing in early 2020.
In contrast, the most recent survey revealed that only 22% of Americans believed that the media fairly represented all perspectives.
Republicans continued their trend of being more inclined to believe that news coverage favors one side, which resulted in varying perceptions of media bias.
Compared to 67 percent of Democrats, nearly nine out of ten Republicans reported that news coverage is biased toward one side.
In addition, the survey indicated that nearly three-quarters of Americans believe that media censure prevents political leaders from engaging in actions that are inappropriate, as opposed to twenty-four percent who assert that it impedes politicians from fulfilling their responsibilities.
These responses also varied based on political affiliation. For example, 81 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents stated that media criticism helps keep political leaders in check, while 67 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents agreed.
The latter figure, on the other hand, represents a significant increase from the commencement of President-elect Trump’s first term, when approximately 50% of Republicans expressed these sentiments.
The survey was conducted by the Pew Research Center from September 16 to 22 among 9,680 U.S. adults. The margin of error is 1.3 percentage points.
[READ MORE: Portnoy Erupts Over Biden’s Shameless Hunter Pardon]
About Post Author
