Polls shows voters see a strong media bias and disrespectful attitude by the media

Paul Bedard:
A “forceful plurality” of voters believe that the media is unfair, biased and disrespectful to President Trump, according to a new poll that parallels others that show wide support for the White House’s suspension of CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass.

In the latest McLaughlin & Associates media survey provided to Secrets, five times as many voters saw anti-Trump bias to those who saw a pro-Trump tilt.

The analysis said:

The data reveal a number of compelling conclusions relating to the media bias in the United States. Most notably: A forceful plurality (48 percent) of respondents believe that media coverage is UNFAIR and BIASED AGAINST President Trump and that the media coverage and commentary following the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue shooting were DISRESPECTFUL of the president (44 percent).
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Pollster John McLaughlin told Secrets, “Our recent post election poll found that among all voters the plurality 48 percent thought that the media was unfair and biased against President Trump. Only 9 percent say they were biased in his favor. So it’s pretty clear that in general the media is seen as partisan and inherently divisive.”

He added, “Earlier in the year we found 77 percent can’t believe everything in the media. Only 14 percent did. So the partisan division has really hurt the media’s credibility and they may will not recover from it without a major change in tone and substance.”
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 I am not sure the left wing media cares.  They decided early during the 2016 campaign that they would not treat Trump fairly and they continue that attitude to this day.  Now they whine about his counterattacks to their unfair attacks.  What they want is a stoic punching bag and not someone who fights back.  In trying to destroy Trump they have planted the seeds of their lost credibility.

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