Published: August 03, 1999
Last Updated: January 03, 2000
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Table 14 PERCEPTIONS OF BIAS "Some people say that the news media are biased, while others say that's not true. In general, do you agree with the assessment that there's bias in the news media?" Total Public Yes 78% No 17 Don't know 5 Base: Adults who find bias in the news media 78% "Which of the news media do you, personally, find to be the most biased -- television, radio, newspapers or magazines?" Television 42% Newspapers 23 Magazines 17 Radio 5 All of them 8 None < It depends/Don't know 5 "Do you think that the bias you notice in ... news reporting represents a major problem in your being able to trust that source of news, a minor problem, or no problem at all?" Feel...is most biased TV Newspapers Magazines Radio Major problem 37% 32% 22 % 27% Minor problem 50 56 55 52 No problem 10 11 19 20 Don't know 3 1 4 1 Note: < = less than 0.5%