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Thursday December 15, 2005--While mainstream journalists like to believe that they can keep their own opinions out of the news they report, the American public disagrees. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans believe that the opinions of reporters affect the news most or all of the time. Another 34% believe that the reporter's opinion impacts news stories at least some of the time. Only 4% say that opinions of the reporter rarely or never influence the news. This view cuts across partisan and demographic lines. Fifty percent (50%) of Americans get most of their news and current events information from television. Newspapers are second at 22% followed by radio at 15% and the Internet at 9%. However, generational change is on the way. Among those under 30, more (18%) rely on the Internet for news than on radio (14%) or newspapers (14%). Among men under 40, just 9% rely on newspapers while 22% get most of their news from the Internet. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to rely on newspapers. Republicans are more likely than Democrats to rely on radio for their news. Surveys conducted last fall found that Americans believe television networks and national newspapers present news in a biased manner. Demographic details are available for Premium Members. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Our publications provide real-time information on consumer confidence, investor confidence, employment data, the political situation, and other topics of value and interest. We provide daily updates on the economic confidence of Consumers and Investors. Our consumer data generally identifies trends two to six weeks ahead of traditional consumer confidence measures. To keep up with our latest releases, be sure to visit the Rasmussen Reports Home Page. The final, certified, results of Election 2004 show that President George W. Bush received 50.7% of the vote while Senator John Kerry earned 48.3%. Those figures are very close to the final Rasmussen Reports Daily Tracking Poll. We projected the President would win 50.2% to 48.5%. Data in this article was derived from a national telephone survey of 1,000 Adults conducted by Rasmussen Reports February 21-22, 2005. Margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
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