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Table 64

Published: August 03, 1999
Last Updated: January 03, 2000
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Table 64
PERCEPTIONS OF OWN NEWSPAPER
"Taken as a whole, how good a read is your own newspaper to you, personally?"
Total Newsroom
Usually very interesting to read
39%
Occasionally interesting to read
55
Rarely interesting to read
6
Don't know
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"What's your general sense of where your paper is going?"
It's improving
47%
It's holding its own, neither improving nor declining
39
It's getting worse
13
Don't Know
1
"What's your sense of the quality of the connection between your newspaper and its readers?"
They connect very well
21%
They have an on-again, off-again connection
67
They seldom connect
8
Don't know
4
"In your perception, do you feel positions taken on the editorial page of your newspaper usually are …"
To the left of the prevailing views of your readers
30%
To the right of the prevailing views of your readers
14
Pretty much in sync with your readers
35
Don't know
21

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