There is no public consensus when it comes to how the presidential candidates are being covered by the news media. Nearly half (46%) say the coverage of Romney has been fair, while among those who see a bias as many say the press has been too easy on the GOP […] Read more »
Distrust in Media Hits New High
Americans’ distrust in the media hit a new high this year, with 60% saying they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. … This year’s decline in media trust is driven by independents and Republicans. The 31% and 26%, respectively, […] Read more »
Politicians, Pundits and Polls
Whatever its charms, the 2012 campaign isn’t doing much for politics as a career choice: Seven in 10 Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll express an unfavorable opinion of politicians, underscoring the public’s broad discontent with its leadership choices in general. … Politicians score well behind their inevitable […] Read more »
TV Ratings May Be Leading Indicator of Convention Bounce
It remains too early to tell exactly what effect the Republican National Convention has had on the polls. But television ratings are one measure that come in almost instantaneously. … In the chart below, I’ve compared the historical TV ratings for the challenging party’s convention against the bounce that its […] Read more »
Final Night of Republican National Convention Draws 30.3 million Viewers
An estimated 30.3 million people watched the fourth and final night of the 2012 Republican National Convention on Thursday, August 30. … In 2008, more than 38.9 million people watched the comparable closing night of the RNC when John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination— about 8.6 million more people […] Read more »
Further Decline in Credibility Ratings for Most News Organizations
For the second time in a decade, the believability ratings for major news organizations have suffered broad-based declines. In the new survey, positive believability ratings have fallen significantly for nine of 13 news organizations tested. [cont.] Pew Read more »