Entertainment & Arts
A large number of Americans think the news media are biased and sensationalistic--less capable of fair, accurate reporting and less worthy of their trust and confidence than in earlier years, according to a new Los Angeles Times poll.
March 31, 1993
Watch out Big Apple!
May 10, 1998
World & Nation
Survey: 80% say censorship of war news is a ‘good idea.’ But press’ standing with the public improves in other areas.
Nov. 29, 2001
Most people think the media do a good job and are generally accurate and impartial, but they also think “expensive libel suits against the media are good because they make the media more careful. . .” and they favor “permitting the courts to fine the news media for publishing or broadcasting stories that are biased or inaccurate.”
Aug. 12, 1985
Opinion
Americans don’t trust the media, but their reasons often don’t add up [Updated]
Sept. 26, 2012
Archives
By almost any reasonable measure, the mainstream news media in this country are more responsible and more ethical today than at any time in their history.
April 1, 1993
Ten weeks ago, writing in the British magazine The Spectator, respected historian Paul Johnson lamented the “huge change in the public perception of those who bring us news and views.”
Conservatives’ obsession with the “elite” media’s alleged monopoly over the news has intensified even as that monopoly has unraveled.
March 22, 2022
Paranoia grows when immigration is discussed as an ‘influx’ and when Latino voices are not heard.
Aug. 22, 2022
California
Requied media literacy courses will slowly be integrated into the curriculum of California students from kindergarten through high school.
Nov. 19, 2023