The most trusted national TV news organizations ... is Fox???!!!!

[wake.up.america]

Help me out. What is going on???

FAIRFIELD, Conn., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Sacred Heart University
Poll found significantly declining percentages of Americans saying they
believe all or most of media news reporting. In the current national poll,
just 19.6% of those surveyed could say they believe all or most news media
reporting. This is down from 27.4% in 2003. Just under one-quarter, 23.9%, in
2007 said they believe little or none of reporting while 55.3% suggested they
believe some media news reporting.

"The fact that an astonishing percentage of Americans see biases and
partisanship in their mainstream news sources suggests an active and critical
consumer of information in the U.S.," stated James Castonguay, Ph.D.,
associate professor and chair of SHU's Department of Media Studies & Digital
Culture. "The availability of alternative viewpoints and news sources through
the Internet no doubt contributes to the increased skepticism about the
objectivity of profit-driven news outlets owned by large conglomerates," he
continued.

The perception is growing among Americans that the news media attempts to
influence public opinion -- from 79.3% strongly or somewhat agreeing in 2003
to 87.6% in 2007.

And, 86.0% agreed (strongly or somewhat) that the news media attempts to
influence public policies -- up from 76.7% in 2003.

Americans surveyed provided poor ratings for the national news media on six
different characteristics measured. The average overall positive rating across
all six characteristics measured was 33.4%. The highest positive rating,
40.7%, was recorded for quality of reporting followed by accuracy of reporting
at 36.9% and keeping any personal bias out of stories (33.3%).

Other low positive ratings included: fairness (31.3%), presenting an even
balance of views (30.4%) and presenting negative and positive news equally
(27.5%).

"Americans know bias and imbalance when they see it and they don't like it.
When most service organizations strive for consumer satisfaction ratings in
the high eighties to low nineties, an overall positive rating of 40.7% is
dismal," said Jerry C. Lindsley, director of the Sacred Heart University
Polling Institute. He added, "Americans know that it's just not that hard to
present both sides and keep personal bias at home."

By four-to-one margins, Americans surveyed see The New York Times (41.9% to
11.8%) and National Public Radio (40.3% to 11.2%) as mostly or somewhat
liberal over mostly or somewhat conservative.

By a three-to-one margin, Americans see news media journalists and
broadcasters (45.4% to 15.7%) as mostly or somewhat liberal over mostly or
somewhat conservative.

And, by a two-to-one margin, Americans see CNN (44.9% to 18.4%) and MSNBC
(38.8% to 15.8%) as mostly or somewhat liberal over mostly or somewhat
conservative.

Just Fox News was seen as mostly and somewhat conservative (48.7%) over mostly
or somewhat liberal (22.3%).

The most trusted national TV news organizations, for accurate reporting, in
declining order included: Fox News (27.0%), CNN (14.6%), and NBC News
(10.90%). These were followed by ABC News (7.0%), local news (6.9%), CBS News
(6.8%) MSNBC (4.0%), PBS News (3.0%), CNBC (0.6%) and CBN (0.5%).

In 2003, CNN led Fox News on "trust most for accurate reporting" 23.8% to
14.6%.

EXPERTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT

-- Jerry C. Lindsley, director, Sacred Heart University Polling Institute
-- James Castonguay, Ph.D., associate professor and chair, Sacred Heart
University's Department of Media Studies & Digital Culture

To speak with these experts, please contact Funda Alp at 203-396-8241 or
[e-mail].

How the Poll Was Conducted
The Sacred Heart University Polling Institute completed 800 interviews with
residents nationwide between November 26 - December 5, 2007. The sample was
generated proportional to population contribution in all 50 states.
Statistically, a sample of 800 completed telephone interviews represents a
margin for error of +/-3.5% at a 95% confidence level.


About Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University, the second-largest Catholic university in New
England, offers more than 40 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on
its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, and satellites in Connecticut,
Luxembourg and Ireland. Approximately 5,800 students attend the University's
four colleges: Arts & Sciences; Education & Health Professions; University
College; and the AACSB-accredited John F. (Jack) Welch College of Business.
The Princeton Review includes SHU in its "Best 366 Colleges: 2008," U.S. News
& World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2008" ranks SHU among the best
master's universities in the North, and Intel rates it #11 among the nation's
most "unwired" campuses. SHU fields 32 division I athletic teams, and has an
award-winning program of community service. www.sacredheart.edu

For additional Sacred Heart University news, please visit
www.sacredheart.edu/pressroom.cfm.


SOURCE Sacred Heart University Polling Institute

CONTACTS: Funda Alp, [phone], [e-mail], or John Galayda,
[phone], [e-mail], both of Sacred Heart University

© Reuters 2008 All rights reserved

[YOY]

1. Who did the poll

Sacred Heart...Conservative Catholic University.

[liberal N proud]

2. Looks like a religious organization doing the polling

Who did they poll? Churchgoers only ie. Kool-Aid drinkers

[MadHound]

3. Just goes to show you what good and effective propaganda does to a population

Keep repeating "fair and balanced" long enough and loud enough, and voila, the public will believe it. Same with people believing that much of our media has a liberal bias, when it has been shown to have exactly the opposite, a conservative, pro-corporate bias.

[Cant trust em]

10. As soon as someone starts pushing something on you...

immediately assume the opposite. When Fox News has to shout how "fair and balanced" they are, you immediately know they aren't. This is like a dictator making speech after speech about how democratic and free his country is. Something smells fishy if you have to talk about it that much and it isn't obvious.

[unpossibles]

4. hmm. I fail to see how polling 800 people yields a margin of error so small

Sadly, I would bet a lot of people really do see the media this way, but that does not make it true. Hell, 23% thought FOX was too Liberal?

If anything, this just proves my point that there has been great success in making people distrust information. Good job, Rush.

[KansDem]

5. Maybe those being polled thought the question was "most rusted?"

Or maybe "most busted?" :shrug:

[RedEarth]

6. My God, the 22% that think Fox is liberal are about as far right as

you can get..... definitely a very scary group.

"Just Fox News was seen as mostly and somewhat conservative (48.7%) over mostly
or somewhat liberal (22.3%)."

[DB1]

7. The first question to respondents should have been ,Are you a moron?

[LynzM]

8. What I want to know is...

Who are the 22.3% who think that Fox is Liberal?!!? :wow:

It's great to see, at least, that more and more people are doubting the validity of the crap that the M$M is feeding out.

[cooolandrew]

9. Well it's logically true the main section that believe in the media still is the right...

...The fact that less and less are trusting MSM is a very positive sign though.

[EFerrari]

11. Faith based polling. n/t

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. Easily explained. A certain percent, the bushies, have always

been solid for Fox. They were, and remain. As the general public loses faith in all other sources of 'news' that solid 29% of bushies have not wavered. It's not that people are trusting Fox more - but trusting everone else less. Those trusting everyone else less also don't trust Fox, but that doesn't affect the Fox base, making Fox, by default, the most trusted.

[melm00se]

13. ignoring the Fox comment for the moment,

this news release does point out some interesting trends:

The perception is growing among Americans that the news media attempts to
influence public opinion -- from 79.3% strongly or somewhat agreeing in 2003
to 87.6% in 2007.

And, 86.0% agreed (strongly or somewhat) that the news media attempts to
influence public policies -- up from 76.7% in 2003.

Americans surveyed provided poor ratings for the national news media on six
different characteristics measured. The average overall positive rating across
all six characteristics measured was 33.4%. The highest positive rating,
40.7%, was recorded for quality of reporting followed by accuracy of reporting
at 36.9% and keeping any personal bias out of stories (33.3%).

Other low positive ratings included: fairness (31.3%), presenting an even
balance of views (30.4%) and presenting negative and positive news equally
(27.5%).

Much of which mirrors the opinions of the MSM that I have witnessed here at DU.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

14. How can anyone trust Fixed News???

It's been nothing but a RW agenda whore since it started.