Toplines - Media Bias - October 15, 2008
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Daily Snapshot
National
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 15, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Is the media coverage of this year's presidential
campaign more biased than in previous election years, less biased than in
previous election years or about the same as in previous election years?
55% More
biased
6% Less biased
36% About
the same
3% Not sure
2* Okay…Is Presidential campaign coverage on CNN unbiased, biased to help
Barack Obama or biased to help John McCain?
33% Unbiased
46% Biased to help Barack
Obama
6% Biased to help John McCain
14% Not sure
3* Next….Is Presidential campaign coverage on Fox News
unbiased, biased to help Barack Obama or biased to help John McCain?
42% Unbiased
8% Biased to help Barack Obama
39% Biased to help John
McCain
10% Not sure
4*Fine…Is Presidential campaign coverage on MSNBC unbiased, biased to
help Barack Obama or biased to help John McCain?
28% Unbiased
51% Biased to help Barack
Obama
5% Biased to help John McCain
17% Not sure
5* Last one…Is Presidential campaign coverage in your local newspaper
unbiased, biased to help Barack Obama or biased to help John McCain?
42% Unbiased
32% Biased to help Barack
Obama
13% Biased to help John
McCain
13% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence