| Table 3
Published: August 03, 1999
Last Updated: August 17, 1999
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| Table 3 |
| FACTUAL ERRORS |
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| "How often have
you found factual errors within the news stories of a daily newspaper?" |
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Total Public
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Total Newsroom
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| Almost every day |
9% |
8% |
| More than once a week |
14 |
25 |
| A few times a month |
25 |
44 |
| A few times a year |
23 |
19 |
| Almost never |
29 |
4 |
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| "Do you think that
errors and mistakes in newspapers are getting more frequent, less frequent,
or are there about the same number now as there have always been?" |
| Base: Those who find factual
errors more than a few times/month1 |
42% |
77% |
| Getting more frequent |
21% |
22% |
| About the same as always been |
60 |
53 |
| Getting less frequent |
11 |
13 |
| It depends/Don't know |
8 |
12 |
1 Note: Those who answered the follow-up questions.
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