Poll: Alternative News Gaining Influence

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Poll: Alternative News Gaining Influence

WASHINGTON - People are turning increasingly to alternatives such as the Internet for news about the presidential campaign, shifting away from traditional outlets such as the nightly network news and newspapers, a poll found.

Young adults were leading the shift, with one-fifth of them considering the Internet a top source of campaign news for them, said the poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. About the same number of young adults said they regularly learn about the campaign from comedy shows like "The Daily Show" and "Saturday Night Live."

News-only cable networks are second only to local television news when people are asked to name where they regularly learn something about the campaign. More than four in 10, 42 percent, said they regularly learn something from local television news, while 38 percent said cable news networks, a slight increase from four years ago.

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Poll: Alternative News Gaining Influence

[baldguy]

1. The best newspaper in America.

[The Zanti Regent]

2. Sure looks like the Washington Post to me!

I couldn't have put it better!

[private_ryan]

3. the bad part? Drudge is the best known

website when it comes to news.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Interesting also re. cable news sources, and perception of bias,

from the article:

Four in five said they were most likely to get campaign news from television. Those who cited television as a top source of campaign news most often mentioned CNN (22 percent) and Fox News (20 percent) as the leading source of information.


The public is increasingly concerned about bias in campaign coverage by the media generally. About the same number, 39 percent, say there is bias in campaign coverage as the number that says there is no bias, 38 percent.


The number who feel coverage is biased has grown steadily since 1988, when 62 percent said coverage was not biased.


While Republicans continue to be more likely to say coverage is biased in favor of Democrats, 42 percent, the number of Democrats who feel news coverage is biased has grown significantly. In 2000, 19 percent of Democrats felt coverage was tilted toward Republicans, while 29 percent feel that way now.