Views on public's electoral judgment - The State of the News Media
QUOTE. Not only do many national news people believe the press has gone too soft in its coverage of President Bush, they express considerably less confidence in the political judgment of the American public than they did five years ago. Since 1999, the percentage saying they have a great deal of confidence in the public's election choices has fallen from 52% to 31% in the national sample of journalists.
Nonetheless, journalists have at least as much confidence in the public's electoral judgments as does the public itself. UNQUOTE
QUOTE. Not only do many national news people believe the press has gone too soft in its coverage of President Bush, they express considerably less confidence in the political judgment of the American public than they did five years ago. Since 1999, the percentage saying they have a great deal of confidence in the public's election choices has fallen from 52% to 31% in the national sample of journalists.
Nonetheless, journalists have at least as much confidence in the public's electoral judgments as does the public itself. UNQUOTE
posted by John B. Chilton at 3/17/2005 08:55:00 PM
1 Comments:
I understand that a recent Columbia Journalism Review study found that in the last election, the press published three negative stories on Pres. Bush for every one on Sen. Kerry. (I may be slightly off in the exact ratio, but not by much).
No wonder reporters feel that the public is obdurately, stupidly ignoring Pres. Bush's manifest (to the reporters) failings.
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