Nearly 7-in-10 believe national political reporters often get their stories “wrong,” and a rush to print and an anti-President Trump bias are the leading reasons, according to a new survey of the public’s view of Washington journalism.
The latest Scott Rasmussen survey showed that 66% believe political correspondents get it wrong.
That view is highest among Republicans, 84%, but also significant among Democrats, 50%.
Overall, 49% blame a rush to print without “proper fact checking.”
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But next is a feeling by 24% that the media is anti-Trump, followed by 12% who said there is an anti-conservative bias, and a much smaller 6% view of an anti-liberal bias.
In his analysis, Rasmussen said that a majority of Republicans believe that a media bias against Trump and conservatives is the primary reason political reporters err.
“Sixty-one percent of Democrats and Independents believe the problem is primarily a lack of fact checking. However, 53% of Republicans believe the errors are based on bias against the president or conservatives,” he said.
Less than a week ago, Trump was denounced at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for feuding with reporters and calling the media the “enemy.”
