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These are the most and least biased news outlets in the US, according to Americans
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A Gallup/Knight Foundation survey found that Americans
think most of the news they consume is inaccurate and
biased.
Republicans said they thought only Fox News and The
Wall Street Journal were unbiased, while Democrats felt that
way about most mainstream outlets.
Overall, survey respondents said PBS News and The
Associated Press were the least biased outlets.
Americans believe that 62% of the news they consume on TV, in
newspapers, and on the radio is biased, according to
a survey from the Knight Foundation and Gallup.
Those surveyed said they believe that 44% of news reporting and
64% of news on social media is inaccurate. And they're upset
about it - more than 80% said they were angered or bothered by
seeing biased information, and slightly more felt similarly about
seeing inaccurate information.
In evaluating news outlets, respondents closely associated bias
with inaccuracy. In their view, outlets they feel are biased are
also inaccurate.
But perceptions of bias and inaccuracy differed based on the
respondents' political persuasions, particularly with regard to
Fox News, Breitbart News, CNN, and MSNBC. Overall, the only two
media organizations Republicans surveyed said weren't biased were
Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.
Survey respondents with different political views had different
perceptions of the pervasiveness of bias in the news. For
example, Democrats said they believe that just 44% of news on TV,
in newspapers, and on the radio is biased, while Republicans said
they believe 77% of it is biased.
Presented with a host of major news outlets, respondents ranked
PBS News and The Associated Press as the least biased outlets,
while Fox News and Breitbart News tied for being perceived as
most biased. The survey was conducted from February 5 to March
11.
Here are the survey's results for how biased respondents thought
each news outlet was overall, ranked from most to least biased (a
negative score indicates more people said the outlet was more
biased than unbiased, while a positive score indicates more
people thought the outlet was more unbiased than biased):
1. Fox News: -51 (tie)
Polled as the most biased news organization by respondents, Fox
News earned a -87 bias score among Democrats and those who lean
Democratic. But among Republicans and those who lean Republican,
Fox News was polled as the least biased news organization, with a
+3.
1. Breitbart News: -51 (tie)
Tied with Fox News, Breitbart News registered a -73 bias score
among Democrats and those who lean Democratic. But unlike Fox
News, Breitbart did not receive a positive bias score among
Republicans and those who lean Republican. In fact, Breitbart
earned a -19 rating from this group.
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3. MSNBC: -37
Like Breitbart, MSNBC earned a negative bias rating from both
Republicans and Democrats. But while Democrats and those who lean
Democratic gave MSNBC a -1 bias rating, Republicans and those who
lean Republican gave it a -85.
4. HuffPost: -32
HuffPost also scored negatively with both Democrats and
Republicans. Republicans and those who lean Republican gave the
outlet a -61 bias rating, while Democrats and those who lean
Democratic scored it at -9.
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5. CNN: -27
Among Republicans and those who lean Republican, CNN was
considered the most biased news organization, with a -87 bias
rating. Meanwhile, Democrats and those who lean Democratic gave
CNN a +29.
6. Mother Jones: -22
Mother Jones scored negatively in terms of bias with both
Republicans and Democrats. It had a -29 bias rating from
Republicans and those who lean Republican and a -16 from
Democrats and those who lean Democratic.
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7. Vox: -12
Democrats and those who lean Democratic gave Vox a -5 bias score,
and Republicans and those who lean Republican handed Vox a -16.
8. The New York Times: -11
The New York Times scored very well with Democrats and very
poorly with Republicans. Democrats and those who lean Democratic
handed The Times a +44 bias rating, but Republicans and those who
lean Republican gave it a -74.
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9. NBC News: -7 (tie)
The two sides were split on NBC News too. Democrats and those who
lean Democratic gave NBC News a +42 bias rating, while
Republicans and those who lean Republican gave it a -64.
9. The Washington Post: -7 (tie)
Tied with NBC News, The Washington Post shares the quality of
being perceived as trustworthy by Democrats and untrustworthy by
Republicans. Democrats and those who lean Democratic gave The
Post a +40 rating, while Republicans and those who lean
Republican gave it a -65.
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11. ABC News: +4
Democrats and those who lean Democratic rated ABC News as the
third-least biased news organization in the country, at +56.
Meanwhile, Republicans and those who lean Republican scored ABC
News at -60.
12. CBS News: +5 (tie)
CBS News scored a +53 among Democrats and those who lean
Democratic, while Republicans and those who lean Republican gave
it a -58.
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12. USA Today: +5 (tie)
Tied with CBS News, USA Today also scored favorably with
Democrats and unfavorably with Republicans. USA Today registered
a -39 bias rating among Republicans and those who lean
Republican, while Democrats and those who lean Democratic gave
the media organization a +36.
14. The Wall Street Journal: +10
The Wall Street Journal was the only media organization that both
Democrats and Republicans rated favorably. The Journal got a +2
bias rating among Republicans and those who lean Republican and a
+24 among Democrats and those who lean Democratic.
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15. NPR: +12
NPR earned a +54 bias rating from Democrats and those who lean
Democratic, while Republicans and those who lean Republican rated
NPR at -43.
16. AP: +23
The Associated Press, which was voted the second-least biased
media organization overall by survey respondents, was also found
to be the least biased news organization by Democrats and those
who lean Democratic gave the AP a +74 bias score. But Republicans
and those who lean Republican handed the AP a -35.
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17. PBS News: +31
Polled as the least biased media organization overall by survey
respondents, PBS News was given the second-highest rating by
Democrats and those who lean Democratic, with +70. But
Republicans and those who lean Republican gave PBS a -22.
Here are the net bias scores of news organizations, from PBS News to Fox News:
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Here's how Democrats ranked them, from the AP to Fox News:
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