Questions - Justice Department & Reporters - June 2-3, 2013
56% View Feds As Threat to Individual Rights
68% Consider Freedom of the Press Very Important
See Toplines
Platinum Page
National Survey of
1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted June 2-3, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How closely have you followed recent news reports about
the Justice Department?
2* How
important is freedom of the press?
3* Some people say that there is a natural tension between
freedom of the press and protecting national security. In the United States
today, is the balance too much in favor of freedom of the press or too much in
favor of national security?
4* As part of an ongoing investigation into news leaks of national
security information, the Justice Department secretly obtained phone records
from Associated Press reporters and a Fox News reporter. Was the Justice
Department primarily trying to intimidate the media or protect national
security?
5* Is
the federal government today a protector of individual rights or a threat to
individual rights?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
