Americans see liberal bias in media

Flying in the face of the mainstream media's self-proclaimed neutrality, Americans by a margin of 2 to 1 believe the major news outlets "deliver news with a bias in favor of liberals." Rasmussen Reports in a survey of 1000 adults conducted between July 11th through the 12th of this year found that thirty-nine percent of respondents perceived a bias favoring liberal points of view in the media versus twenty percent who believed that the media tilts toward a conservative bias in their news coverage. Twenty-five percent believed the media were neutural in their coverage while sixteen percent said they were not sure of any bias in the media.

When you add up those who believe the media have either a liberal or conservative bias you end up with a public who believe by a margin of sixty percent that the media is biased in some fashion or another. Hardly the kind of stuff that gives you confidence that the media will report the news in an impartial and unbiased manner.