BAD NEWS FOR CNN – 71% of Voters DO NOT Trust Media Fact-Checking
Most voters believe news organizations play favorites when it comes to fact-checking candidates’ statements, but this skepticism is much stronger among voters who support Donald Trump than those who back his rival Hillary Clinton.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 29% of all Likely U.S. Voters trust media fact-checking of candidates’ comments. Sixty-two percent (62%) believe instead that news organizations skew the facts to help candidates they support. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of voters who support Trump in the presidential race believe news organizations skew the facts, while most Clinton backers (59%) trust media fact-checking. Among the supporters of Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, sizable majorities also don’t trust media fact-checking.
These findings are no surprise given that voters think it’s far more likely reporters will try to help Clinton than Trump this election season.
The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on September 28-29, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
Voters remain skeptical about the political news they are getting. Voters also continue to strongly believe that the media is more interested in controversy than in the issues when it comes to the presidential race.
Most Republicans (79%) and voters not affiliated with either major political party (69%) believe the media skew the facts to help candidates they support, but only 40% of Democrats agree.
The majority of voters in most demographic categories believe the media play favorites when they fact-check candidates’ comments.
H/T – RasmussenReports
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Among the western countries, which allow free Media, United State has the worst News Media——as a
rule, just a few purposely-handpicked subjects are reported and talked about for 24 hours NEWS cycle!! The only variety, throughout the day, are the people who are reporting and their guests!!
That is one of the obvious reasons for majority of Americans being so out of touch with the truth of the goings on in this country—-and almost clueless about all the alarming world events!!!
Needless to say, with News Outlets personal bias and agenda, one can easily conclude that our news organizations are used more for brain washing tools than information tools!!!
My favorite source of NEWS: BBC OF LONDON on PBS!! Almost no trust left in our own news!!!
Only Brain dead people would waste their time watching the Corrupt Lame Stream Media. They cover up for the Washington Mafia and the Dem. Cartel . When A Rep. does something they make sure and they report it .You can bet everyone knows it a Rep. But if it a Dem you would never know it because they don’t tell you when they report about it. But I have new for the Corrupt Lame Stream Media ! The Rep and Dem both are corrupt! So why cover up for one? Why not tell the truth ?