Gap in How GOP, Dems View the Media
MAY 10 2017, 10:16 AM ET
... Nearly nine-in-ten Democrats — 89 percent — told pollsters that criticism from news organizations "keeps political leaders from doing things that shouldn't be done." Only 42 percent of Republicans say the same, with the majority of Republican adults — 56 percent — saying that such criticism "keeps political leaders from doing their job."
The nearly 50-point gap is even more striking because it has developed within the last year.
As recently as February 2016, an almost identical percentage of Republicans and Democrats embraced the media's watchdog role, with 77 percent of Republicans and 74 percent of Democrats saying the media functions to "keep political leaders from doing things that shouldn't be done" ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-finds-huge-gap-how-gop-dems-view-media-s-n757346
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