Knight Foundation: American Views 2020: Trust, Media and Democracy
Overview
There is a widening gulf between American aspirations for and assessments of the news media. With each passing benchmark study, the American people render deeper and increasingly polarized judgments about the news media and how well it is fulfilling its role in our democracy.
In 2018, Gallup and Knight Foundation published the inaugural American Views report as part of their Trust, Media and Democracy research program. This landmark study of Americans’ attitudes toward the news media and its role in our democracy is part of the ongoing Gallup/Knight research effort. The 2018 report found that while Americans valued the role of the news media as an important institution in a free society, they did not believe it was fulfilling its democratic roles well. Political party was the primary determining factor driving Americans’ opinions of and trust in the media.
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WNU Editor: This is a huge Gallup-Knight Foundation poll and study. There is a lot of data in their study, and it makes the case that the mass majority of Americans see an intentional bias in the news that the media is reporting on. Am I surprised by the results of this poll. No. Is anybody in the media listening? I seriously doubt it.
As for WNU. What I try to do on this blog is to present the news from multiple sources. Give my own opinion on a story that interests me. And then let you .... the reader .... make your own judgment.
