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Q1. Taking into account all the sources by which people consume media — social networks, websites, radio, cable TV, network TV, podcasts, magazines, YouTube etc. — do you think US voters consume more media that is biased toward liberal or conservative views?
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Liberal
50%
63%
39%
87%
52%
9%
57%
49%
48%
44%
50%
Conservative
33%
23%
39%
11%
31%
57%
23%
33%
37%
37%
33%
Neither
12%
9%
14%
2%
11%
22%
15%
13%
9%
9%
12%
Don't know
6%
4%
7%
1%
6%
10%
5%
4%
5%
10%
6%
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q2. If your ability to make a living depended on knowing the true facts as they pertain to major news and current events, which sources would you rely on most? Please choose up to three, and consider only the news (not opinion) divisions of these properties when selecting your answers.
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Associated Press
37%
34%
41%
12%
36%
65%
33%
50%
34%
31%
37%
BBC
35%
31%
40%
17%
35%
56%
35%
41%
35%
31%
35%
Breitbart
12%
13%
11%
22%
8%
0%
8%
10%
15%
12%
12%
CNN
15%
9%
19%
2%
10%
31%
17%
9%
14%
23%
15%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
2%
4%
1%
1%
2%
Fox News
24%
28%
22%
48%
14%
0%
19%
21%
26%
30%
24%
Newsmax
16%
17%
15%
32%
9%
0%
5%
13%
22%
22%
16%
New York Times
17%
14%
20%
5%
12%
30%
19%
14%
15%
22%
17%
NPR
28%
24%
34%
4%
28%
56%
23%
35%
28%
32%
28%
3%
4%
2%
2%
5%
4%
6%
5%
1%
0%
3%
USA Today
5%
4%
5%
3%
4%
8%
6%
6%
5%
3%
5%
Wall Street Journal
16%
20%
12%
22%
17%
10%
20%
16%
11%
18%
16%
Washington Post
14%
12%
15%
2%
12%
27%
13%
7%
15%
23%
14%
Don't trust any of these
18%
25%
13%
28%
31%
4%
25%
19%
17%
9%
18%
Don't know
2%
1%
2%
2%
3%
1%
2%
3%
2%
2%
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q3. There are a number of organizations that rank media outlets on a Left to Right bias scale, including Ground News, Allsides and Ad Fontes Media. Do you think it's possible for a third party to accurately gauge bias in media outlets?
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overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes, and it's of interest to me
62%
61%
63%
54%
66%
71%
60%
63%
62%
63%
62%
Yes, but it's not of interest to me
8%
7%
8%
9%
7%
8%
8%
13%
5%
6%
8%
No
20%
19%
20%
26%
16%
13%
17%
16%
22%
21%
20%
Don't know
10%
11%
9%
10%
9%
9%
14%
6%
10%
9%
10%
Don't care
1%
1%
0%
1%
2%
0%
0%
2%
1%
1%
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