Toplines - Media & Campaigns - June 13-14, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted June 13-14, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* When covering a political campaign, do most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage or do they try to help the candidate they want to win? 

    23% Most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage
68% Most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win
  9% Not sure

2* Suppose a reporter learned some news that might politically hurt a candidate they wanted to win. Would most reporters hide that information to help the candidate?

       54% Yes
       28% No

       18% Not sure

3* Is the average reporter more liberal than you are, more conservative, or about the same as you ideologically?

       51% More liberal
       15% More conservative
       27% About the same
         7% Not sure

4* How angry are you at the media?

       33% Very angry

       33% Somewhat angry

       22% Not very angry

         9% Not at all angry

         2% Not sure

5* When they write or talk about President Barack Obama, are most reporters trying to help the president pass his agenda, block the president from passing his agenda, or are they simply interested in reporting the news in an unbiased manner?

       48% Most reporters are trying to help the President pass his agenda

       18% Most reporters are trying to block the president from passing his agenda

       27% Most reporters are interested in reporting the news in an unbiased manner

         7% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence