Two thoughts on the new poll showing that five out of every six adults think the news media is biased, and nine out of ten think the media helped Obama win the election.
First, the left can no longer get away with the meme that the national media are mainstream and conservatives are biased.
Second, the news media and Obama's destinies are married and heading off a cliff like Thelma and Louise.
Here are the relevant excerpts from the article:
A new poll on “Trust and Satisfaction with the National News Media” from Sacred Heart University’s Polling Institute finds five out of six Americans (83.6%) see the national news media as “very or somewhat biased,” and nearly nine out of ten (89.3%) say the media were a strong factor in electing Barack Obama as President last year.
Coming on the heels of a survey from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, which found “the public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades,” the SHU survey suggests the news media have squandered the trust of most Americans. According to the Sacred Heart poll, “67.9% agreed with a statement that read: ‘Old-style, traditionally objective and fair journalism is dead.’”
The SHU poll surveyed 800 Americans from September 8 through September 11. The results were summarized in a long news release posted on the university’s Web site. Among the key findings:
1. Nearly 70 percent of Americans say the national news media are intent on promoting the Obama presidency;
2. More than half said the news media are uncritically promoting Obama’s health care plan;
3. Six out of seven Americans “strongly or somewhat agreed that the news media have their own political and public policy positions and attempt to influence public opinion.”
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