Published: August 03, 1999
Last Updated: January 03, 2000
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Table 49 PERCEPTIONS OF BIAS (All percentages read vertically) Total Public Was subject or source Not subject but had knowledge Not subject, had no knowledge Base (% of market): 100% 31% 28% 41% Some people say that the news media are biased, while others say that's not true. Agree 78 80 85 71 Disagree 17 17 12 22 Don't know 5 3 3 7 Recent nation-wide polls have shown that there is increased public discontent with the press. Justified 58 64 56 54 Easy target 29 23 33 32 It depends 8 10 8 7 Don't know 5 3 3 7 Are there any particular types of people or political groups that you think ... in the media get favorable coverage 50 55 56 42 get unfavorable coverage 45 54 49 36