Zogby Poll: Voters Believe Media Bias is Very Real

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The vast majority of American voters believe media bias is alive and well—83% of likely voters said the media is biased in one direction or another, while just 11% believe the media doesn’t take political sides, a recent IPDI/Zogby Interactive poll shows.

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Nearly two-thirds of those online respondents who detected bias in the media (64%) said the media leans left, while slightly more than a quarter of respondents (28%) said they see a conservative bias on their TV sets and in their column inches.
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While 97% of Republicans surveyed said the media are liberal, two-thirds of political independents feel the same, but fewer than one in four independents (23%) said they saw a conservative bias. Democrats, while much more likely to perceive a conservative bias than other groups, were not nearly as sure the media was against them as were the Republicans. While Republicans were unified in their perception of a left-wing media, just two-thirds of Democrats were certain the media skewed right – and 17% said the bias favored the left
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http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1262
 
Larry Gude

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Shouldn't that read...

The vast majority of American voters believe media bias is alive and well, but 17% are plagued by fears that they'll believe whatever they are told anyway
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???


:jameo:
 
Larry Gude

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That's...

While 97% of Republicans surveyed said the media are liberal, two-thirds of political independents feel the same, but fewer than one in four independents (23%) said they saw a conservative bias. Democrats, while much more likely to perceive a conservative bias than other groups, were not nearly as sure the media was against them as were the Republicans. While Republicans were unified in their perception of a left-wing media, just two-thirds of Democrats were certain the media skewed right – and 17% said the bias favored the left.
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...interesting.
 
Larry Gude

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Margin of error...

Kerad said:
:confused:

3% of Republicans don't believe the media are liberal?
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...my man.

Actually, one was John McCain supporting his constituency who have left him of late, the other was Mike Bloomberg and the last one was W because he thought people would like him more if he said the media was fair.
 
donbarzini

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"Nearly two-thirds of those online respondents who detected bias in the media (64%) said the media leans left, while slightly more than a quarter of respondents (28%) said they see a conservative bias on their TV sets and in their column inches."

I found the use of the bold words interesting. As if to minimize the "left-lean" and maximize the "right".
 
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Kerad

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Larry Gude said:
...my man.

Actually, one was John McCain supporting his constituency who have left him of late, the other was Mike Bloomberg and the last one was W because he thought people would like him more if he said the media was fair.
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:lmao: Thanks. I was worried for a moment. :yay:
 
ylexot

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donbarzini said:
"Nearly two-thirds of those online respondents who detected bias in the media (64%) said the media leans left, while slightly more than a quarter of respondents (28%) said they see a conservative bias on their TV sets and in their column inches."

I found the use of the bold words interesting. As if to minimize the "left-lean" and maximize the "right".
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I find them to be accurate descriptions of the numbers. :shrug:
 
Kerad

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donbarzini said:
"Nearly two-thirds of those online respondents who detected bias in the media (64%) said the media leans left, while slightly more than a quarter of respondents (28%) said they see a conservative bias on their TV sets and in their column inches."

I found the use of the bold words interesting. As if to minimize the "left-lean" and maximize the "right".
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64% is not quite two-thirds, and 18% is not less or equal to "a quarter".
 
Kerad

Kerad

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Larry Gude said:
...the spinning begins anew.

:jameo:
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That's not spin. This is spin:

Overwhelming Majority of Republicans Claim Liberal Media Bias, Non-Republicans Disagree.
 
ylexot

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Kerad said:
That's not spin. This is spin:

Overwhelming Majority of Republicans Claim Liberal Media Bias, Non-Republicans Disagree.
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A better (and more accurate) spin would be:
Overwhelming Majority of Republicans Claim Liberal Media Bias, Non-Republicans Agree.
 
SamSpade

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I'm amused by two things - TV and newspapers are scrambling to keep viewers and subscribers, because they are competing with the Internet for readership and advertising. And in lieu of this, they have both abandoned simply reporting the news in favor of commenting and editorializing as well.

What amuses me is, it's not apparent they see a link between the two.

Does anyone remember the days when the 'lighter' side of the news was a little fluff piece at the end - as in Paul Harvey's "For What It's Worth" segment? Does anyone remember when sports was pretty much scores and highlights? That editorials were independent comments at the end of the broadcast, along with disclaimers?

Now news has to be entertaining, and they have to have little trailers to grab your interest, and teaser commercials earlier in the day, to let you know that tonight's new won't include breaking news - but some story they've been crafting for a few weeks. There was a time when "60 Minutes" was an unusual format - an hour news show with a little investigative reporting in the form of mini-documentary. Now, every news broadcast has these.

I kind of long for the time when basic news coverage was a guy reading from a teleprompter and occasionally handed the mike over occasionally.
 
Kerad

Kerad

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ylexot said:
A better (and more accurate) spin would be:
Overwhelming Majority of Republicans Claim Liberal Media Bias, Non-Republicans Agree.
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:rolleyes:
Amateur.

Spin has nothing to do with accuracy.
 
Kerad

Kerad

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SamSpade said:
I'm amused by two things - TV and newspapers are scrambling to keep viewers and subscribers, because they are competing with the Internet for readership and advertising. And in lieu of this, they have both abandoned simply reporting the news in favor of commenting and editorializing as well.

What amuses me is, it's not apparent they see a link between the two.

Does anyone remember the days when the 'lighter' side of the news was a little fluff piece at the end - as in Paul Harvey's "For What It's Worth" segment? Does anyone remember when sports was pretty much scores and highlights? That editorials were independent comments at the end of the broadcast, along with disclaimers?

Now news has to be entertaining, and they have to have little trailers to grab your interest, and teaser commercials earlier in the day, to let you know that tonight's new won't include breaking news - but some story they've been crafting for a few weeks. There was a time when "60 Minutes" was an unusual format - an hour news show with a little investigative reporting in the form of mini-documentary. Now, every news broadcast has these.

I kind of long for the time when basic news coverage was a guy reading from a teleprompter and occasionally handed the mike over occasionally.
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I think the closest thing to that, anymore, is maybe CNN Headline News. Possibly BBC International, as well.
 
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