Published: August 03, 1999
Last Updated: January 03, 2000
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Table 23 PERCEIVED INFLUENCE ON NEWS COVERAGE "Some people believe that powerful people or organizations can get stories they want into the paper, or keep stories out of the paper if they don't want them covered. Do you personally, share this opinion?" Total Public Yes 78% No 19 Don't know 3 "What particular groups, people or organizations do you think have an influence on how newspapers cover the news?" (unaided responses) Believe there's influence, could name group(s) 63% Believe there's influence, could not name group(s) 15 Don't believe there's influence 19 Don't know 3