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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow is this possible? MSNBC the Least Trusted TV News Source Among All Americans
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-the-least-trusted-tv-news-source-among-all-americans/Nothing can save this country.
Every news network likes to claim the mantle of the most trusted name in news, and a new Brookings and Public Religion Research Institute poll seeks to demonstrate who actually does and does not deserve that claim. Among many insights we can take from the survey, perhaps the most interesting is that, among all TV news sources, MSNBC is identified as most trusted by the fewest people.
The New Republic looked at the data and gleaned that Fox News, while the most trusted, also had the most deeply polarized fanbase, largely made up of the Republican Partys most conservative members. Self-identified Democrats spread their trust among most TV news outlets (with Fox at only 6%), while Republicans are largely concentrated on Fox News (unsurprising if you followed the emergence of conservative media and media bias discussions in the 1990s).
The survey also demonstrates a disparity between how most Americans view an issue like immigration and how Foxs viewership understands the topic (see below chart):
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Throd
(7,208 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)their numbers will go back up.
randys1
(16,286 posts)Remember that the average american including TONS of democrats think poor people scamming the system is a bigger problem than the billionaires stealing everything and Wall street etc
and almost NOBODY watches msnbc and very few more watch fox
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)They see them on Fox everyday...And they are reported on every night on local T.V.
By the way those poor" people you mention scanning the system .. 98% of them are seen by the average american, as being Brown or Black...
Its just so fucking easier remaining dumb than actually trying to figure stuff out..
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Democrats read more sources and fact check. So they find errors in MSNBC and are skeptical. Republicans eat up every word those fox news folks spit out. And they trust nothing MSNBC says damn the facts!
randys1
(16,286 posts)and they have the least viewers for a variety of reasons, going to be less as soon as all tv is controlled by two companies
comcast will not carry msnbc probably unless you pay a premium for it
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I have a landline. They call the wrong people.
randys1
(16,286 posts)now, without googling, who is Jim Rockford?
bravenak
(34,648 posts)You know i was born in 81!!
randys1
(16,286 posts)was gonna post pic but you can get viruses by doing images on google
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rockford_Files
Always been big fan of Jim Garner
bravenak
(34,648 posts)My first detective show i watched was Hart to Hart. Loved it!
Armstead
(47,803 posts)I suspect that when they decide to milk it they'll make it alk sports or all celebrity gosspi or something
randys1
(16,286 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)I mean look at the sites they post on. Looks like 1998 in there.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)but had to go to a chain store to get fixed, a known chain where you would expect to see Fox on and it was
i saw that and said out loud without being able to stop myself "oh shit, fox"
so i turned around, went outside and played with my phone till they were fixed
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)elleng
(130,865 posts)'polls' isn't really polls.
Know difference among channels actually CARRYING news about Climate?
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)The hard right is blind in their loyalty and militant in action.
They not on the bottom of the scale of intelligence and wait for their commands from the echo chamber.
blm
(113,043 posts).
Right around the time Rachel joined Olbermann for the prime time slots. Too much truth.
Did you ever notice how GOP politicians that have never been on her show all like to call her out by name as some type of "gotcha" journalist?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)ms liberty
(8,572 posts)Who did they poll and when. What were the questions - how were they worded and in what order were they asked? Opinion polls like this can be quite manipulative.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)ms liberty
(8,572 posts)Later I'll have to reread the article too...obviously I wasn't paying attention - thanks for the nudge!
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)rurallib
(62,406 posts)me suspects the outcome was determined prior to the survey.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)rurallib
(62,406 posts)I see Brookings as conservative - more than "generally." I tend to think of them as the old Rockafellow wing of the Republican party.
Iggo
(47,549 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Where do you think people who went with Daily Show are going to go if that option is removed? My guess would be MSNBC. And probably most of the 'public tv' viewers as well. Look at the Republicans, and you basically get 'Fox News' with a side order of 'broadcast' and a bit of CNN. Indies and Dems are much more evenly divided up, although you can see that a good chunk of indies are just republicans too embarrassed to admit they're republicans
I can't fathom the 6% of so-called dems who list fox first, I'm guessing they were repubs trying to be smartasses in the survey, and that probably covers the so-called republicans who listed msnbc first as well.
liberal from boston
(856 posts)MSNBC is so needed especially this coming November election. MSNBC soared in the ratings in the last Presidential election. IMHO Lawrence, Rachel, Martin etc. reporting facts & calling out the lies was a major factor in President Obama's re-election. Liberals need to support MSNBC
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)It needs to ditch Morning Joke and all of those godawful prison shows. Then more folks on the left might trust it a bit more.
Keefer
(713 posts)The Kelly File Tops The OReilly Factor in Demo Viewers For the Week
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-kelly-file-tops-the-oreilly-factor-in-demo-viewers-for-the-week_b227890
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)repukes watch fox all day every day or they are thrown out of the club, independents and lefties have more important things to do than watch tv news all day.