Blacks, Hispanics have doubts about media accuracy

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Blacks-Hispanics-have-doubts-about-media-accuracy-5759444.php

A new study shows a large majority of African-American and Hispanic news consumers don't fully trust the media to portray their communities accurately, a statistic that could be troubling for the news industry as the minority population of the United States grows.

Three-fourths of African-American news consumers and two-thirds of Hispanics have doubts about what mainstream media report about their communities, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Media Insight Project. And while most say it's become easier to get news generally in the last five years, few feel the same way about news regarding their own community, the survey said....

People of color who are "seeking out news about their communities, they can't find it. And what they see, they don't think is accurate," said Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, which teamed with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research on the project. The survey was funded by the American Press Institute and the McCormick Foundation.

When asked whether they thought news about their communities was accurate, 75 percent of blacks said only "moderately" or "slightly/not at all." When Hispanics were asked the same question, 66 percent replied "moderately" or "slightly/not at all."

I wonder what the corresponding figure is for whites?

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Of course we don't

[BlueCaliDem]

2. I believe it's also a reason why President Obama won election and reelection, something that was

impossible to even dream about just fifteen years ago. But because Black and Hispanic/Latino communities don't listen to MSM and are therefore not influenced by well-crafted propaganda, the election and re-election of our first black President was made possible - with over 52.9% of the vote for his election and 51.1% for his re-election.