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Most Americans recognize partisan bias in the news media, a new Gallup poll reveals.
Over six in ten Americans (62%) say the major news networks play politics, favoring one political party over the other.
Just 27 percent of respondents do not see bias in the media.
“When Gallup last asked this question in February 2003, Americans were about evenly divided on the issue,” writes Gallup. “Republicans are mostly responsible for the increase in perceptions of partisan media bias since 2003. Currently, 77% of Republicans say the media favors one party over the other; in 2003, 59% of Republicans said the same. By comparison, 44% of Democrats now say the media plays favorites, unchanged from the 44% who said so in 2003.”
Which major political party tends to garner the most favor from the major news networks? You guessed it: The Democratic Party.
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Americans say the news media favors Democrats. Just 22 percent say the media favors the GOP.
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“This is not new,” Gallup notes. “Americans who perceive media bias have always said the direction of that bias leaned in favor of the Democrats, although the percentage holding that view has varied. The gap was smaller in 2003 and 1995, but was more similar to today's attitudes in 2000.”
Even more, a majority of Americans (55%) say that the major news organizations stories and reports are “often inaccurate,” compared to 36 percent who say the opposite.
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The poll results reflect President Trump's view of the media, never hesitating to call stories and even major news networks such as CNN "fake,"
Gallup surveyed 789 adults from Mar. 9 to 27 and reports a margin sampling error of 4 percent.
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