The public’s assessment of the accuracy of news is at its lowest levels in two decades according to the latest from Pew Research.
TV still dominant for news
Television was still the most dominant source for both national and local news.
The most recent biennial media attitudes survey from The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has a lot of information on how accurate and fair the press is. They cover a wide range of topics, including that criticism of the press is now more bipartisan, while the Fox News audience is more critical of the press’s performance according to the survey.
You can download the full report in PDF or read the survey overview on the web at The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
The low ratings on accuracy is most likely because of the Internet. In the Internet hearsays and unconfirmed reports spread like wildfire and as it passes on the the content of the news varies.
But glad TV is still on top! But
for newspapers
Forg: I humbly disagree