Friday, August 10, 2007

US public sees news media as biased

and uncaring.

"More than half of Americans say US news organizations are politically biased, inaccurate, and don't care about the people they report on, a poll published Thursday showed.

And poll respondents who use the Internet as their main source of news -- roughly one quarter of all Americans -- were even harsher with their criticism, the poll conducted by the Pew Research Center said.

More than two-thirds of the Internet users said they felt that news organizations don't care about the people they report on; 59 percent said their reporting was inaccurate; and 64 percent they were politically biased.

More than half -- 53 percent -- of Internet users also faulted the news organizations for "failing to stand up for America".


The AFP leaves out the details of which group the media is biased against and which is failing to stand up for America. "Far more than twice as many Republicans as Democrats say news organizations are too critical of America (63% vs. 23%), ..."

By far the worst media ogranization is the world is the BBC.

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