Most Americans continue to have little or no trust in mass media accuracy and fairness-Gallup Poll

9/22, Gallup Poll, "The majority of Americans still do not have confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. The 44% of Americans who have a great deal or fair amount of trust and the 55% who have little or no trust remain among the most negative views Gallup has measured.

• The majority of Americans (60%) also continue to perceive bias, with 47% saying the media are too liberal and 13% saying they are too conservative, on par with what Gallup found last year....

Americans remain largely distrusting of the news media, with 55% saying they have little or no trust in the media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly, and 60% perceiving bias one way or the other. These views are largely steady compared with last year, even as the media landscape continues to change rapidly.

• In a report released Thursday, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found record-high negativity toward the media on 9 of 12 core measures it tracks.

These measures may help explain some of the underlying negativity, though Gallup does not find sharp changes in overall views of the media this year compared with last. "...

• 9/22/11, "Majority in U.S. Continues to Distrust the Media, Perceive Bias," Gallup Poll, L. Morales "More perceive liberal bias than conservative bias"

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