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Posted on: May 3, 2017 at 07:37:14 CT
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Poll Confirms Media's Bias: Is 'Fake News' The New Norm?
Back in the day, journalists were expected to be tough, aggressive, but fair. Today, driven by progressive politics and an idea that one side in the political debate holds a monopoly on the truth, journalists are increasingly biased. "Fake news" reigns supreme.
Are the media biased? Well, despite their routine denunciations of that charge, the data show clearly that they are, as we've reported many, many times. But it's one thing to be biased — quite another to do something about it.
A new poll and survey by Politico Magazine gives you an idea of just how biased against President Trump and conservatives the media really are. And the bias appears to be built-in.
Politico surveyed 63 members of the White House press corps. Of those, only 5% were Republicans, while 16% were Democrats, 37% independents, and 37% weren't registered to vote at all.
Let's admit one thing right off the bat: This year's poll is an improvement on last year's poll of 72 press corps members, in which none — zero, zip, nada — were Republicans. You'd think there would have been at least a token GOP press-member in there, but no.
But the numbers are really worse than they look. Among those 37% "independents" are reporters who, for reasons of political deniability, call themselves independent rather than affiliating with a party. And some of those are actually farther left than the Democratic Party in their views.
So there's just over a 3-1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans, using the poll data, but really much more like 6-to-1 or 7-to-1.
What's surprising is that, since they are not being named individually, some are admirably frank about how they feel. Some 45% admitted that the media's coverage is biased against Trump. Just 2% said they are biased in his favor. Another 53% said they were not biased at all, which, if you look at actual coverage of the Trump administration vs. Obama's, is obviously false.
Let us repeat that: Nearly half of all White House correspondents admit the media's coverage is biased against Trump.
It's not as if average Americans don't get it. They do.
A postelection poll conducted by the Media Research Center found that 69% of voters don't believe the news media are "honest and truthful," while 78% felt that coverage of Trump was biased. Some 59% felt the media were biased for Clinton, while just 21% said they were biased for Trump.
Perhaps most disappointing for the Big Media, 97% of those answering said they did not let the bias influence their vote.
Last October, The Hill took a sample on just one Thursday evening of the main presidential coverage on ABC, CBS and NBC, just weeks before the election. The Big 3 networks ran 23 negative stories on Trump, just 1 on Clinton.
For good measure, they looked at the New York Times, the august newspaper of record. It ran 11 negative pieces on Trump that day, including one on the sports page. There were none on Hillary, even though a torrent of new information was emerging around that time from WikiLeaks.
The point is, and it bears repeating, the media show extreme bias in their coverage. With few exceptions, they aren't embarrassed about it; in fact, to many, being anti-Trump, anti-Republican and anti-conservative is a badge of honor.
We had some hope late last year when several major media outlets — in particular, CBS and the New York Times — engaged in a bit of authentic soul-searching about their obvious bias for Clinton and against Trump in the run-up to the presidential election.
But that's all over now, as this latest poll suggests. While some in the media will whine about this latest proof of their bias, facts are facts.
Poll Confirms Media's Bias: Is 'Fake News' The New Norm?
Back in the day, journalists were expected to be tough, aggressive, but fair. Today, driven by progressive politics and an idea that one side in the political debate holds a monopoly on the truth, journalists are increasingly biased. "Fake news" reigns supreme.
Are the media biased? Well, despite their routine denunciations of that charge, the data show clearly that they are, as we've reported many, many times. But it's one thing to be biased — quite another to do something about it.
A new poll and survey by Politico Magazine gives you an idea of just how biased against President Trump and conservatives the media really are. And the bias appears to be built-in.
Politico surveyed 63 members of the White House press corps. Of those, only 5% were Republicans, while 16% were Democrats, 37% independents, and 37% weren't registered to vote at all.
Let's admit one thing right off the bat: This year's poll is an improvement on last year's poll of 72 press corps members, in which none — zero, zip, nada — were Republicans. You'd think there would have been at least a token GOP press-member in there, but no.
But the numbers are really worse than they look. Among those 37% "independents" are reporters who, for reasons of political deniability, call themselves independent rather than affiliating with a party. And some of those are actually farther left than the Democratic Party in their views.
So there's just over a 3-1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans, using the poll data, but really much more like 6-to-1 or 7-to-1.
What's surprising is that, since they are not being named individually, some are admirably frank about how they feel. Some 45% admitted that the media's coverage is biased against Trump. Just 2% said they are biased in his favor. Another 53% said they were not biased at all, which, if you look at actual coverage of the Trump administration vs. Obama's, is obviously false.
Let us repeat that: Nearly half of all White House correspondents admit the media's coverage is biased against Trump.
It's not as if average Americans don't get it. They do.
A postelection poll conducted by the Media Research Center found that 69% of voters don't believe the news media are "honest and truthful," while 78% felt that coverage of Trump was biased. Some 59% felt the media were biased for Clinton, while just 21% said they were biased for Trump.
Perhaps most disappointing for the Big Media, 97% of those answering said they did not let the bias influence their vote.
Last October, The Hill took a sample on just one Thursday evening of the main presidential coverage on ABC, CBS and NBC, just weeks before the election. The Big 3 networks ran 23 negative stories on Trump, just 1 on Clinton.
For good measure, they looked at the New York Times, the august newspaper of record. It ran 11 negative pieces on Trump that day, including one on the sports page. There were none on Hillary, even though a torrent of new information was emerging around that time from WikiLeaks.
The point is, and it bears repeating, the media show extreme bias in their coverage. With few exceptions, they aren't embarrassed about it; in fact, to many, being anti-Trump, anti-Republican and anti-conservative is a badge of honor.
We had some hope late last year when several major media outlets — in particular, CBS and the New York Times — engaged in a bit of authentic soul-searching about their obvious bias for Clinton and against Trump in the run-up to the presidential election.
But that's all over now, as this latest poll suggests. While some in the media will whine about this latest proof of their bias, facts are facts.
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