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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

All agree: Media bias worst ever, Biden coverage condemned


by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist
December 18, 2023 12:03 PM


Media bias, the poor coverage of the Biden White House by the liberal press, and the hiding of first son Hunter Biden’s scandals have reached a new level.

In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, 10 times as many likely voters believe that bias has reached a low point than a high one.

The details of the survey shared with Secrets said that 60% of likely voters believe media bias has gotten worse, up 6 points from the last time Rasmussen asked. Just 6% said bias is getting better, and 30% said it was about the same as in March when the pollster asked about it.

Partisan politics is somewhat at play, but still, far more Democrats, Republicans, and independents than not said bias in the news is getting worse.

Democrats, 44%-11%, said bias is getting worse than better. Republicans said worse, 74%-2%. And independents said 63% worse than 4% better.

Rasmussen added that voter disgust with the media didn’t end there.

Asked to rate the media’s coverage of the Biden administration, 65% of likely voters said it is fair to poor. Less than half, 30%, said good to excellent.

When asked if the media have provided too much, not enough, or just the right amount of coverage of Hunter Biden’s scandals, 51% said not enough, 24% said too much, and 19% said just the right amount.

Rasmussen said that voters who support President Joe Biden feel the best about the media, which generally hold the same liberal views as the White House.

“President Joe Biden’s strongest supporters are most satisfied with the news media. Among voters who ‘strongly approve’ of Biden’s job performance as president, 61% rate the media’s coverage of his administration as good or excellent. By contrast, among those who ‘strongly disapprove’ of Biden’s performance, 77% give the media a poor rating for their coverage of the Biden administration,” Rasmussen said.



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