Media Not Fooling the Public
Charles Johnson
Sun Sep 7, 2008 at 11:39 am PDT • Views: 293
This is what happens when advocacy journalism dominates the mainstream media.
According to Rasmussen, fully 68% of voters believe that “most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win.” And — no surprise — 49% of those surveyed believe reporters are backing Barack Obama, while just 14% think the media is in the tank for Sen. McCain.
Meanwhile, 51% of those surveyed thought the press was “trying to hurt” Mrs. Palin with its coverage.
Perhaps most troubling for the press corps, though, was this finding: “55% said media bias is a bigger problem for the electoral process than large campaign donations.”
Frank says: