Friday, September 30, 2016
Most voters believe news organizations play favorites when it comes to fact-checking candidates’ statements, but this skepticism is much stronger among voters who support Donald Trump than those who back his rival Hillary Clinton.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 29% of all Likely U.S. Voters trust media fact-checking of candidates’ comments. Sixty-two percent (62%) believe instead that news organizations skew the facts to help candidates they support. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of voters who support Trump in the presidential race believe news organizations skew the facts, while most Clinton backers (59%) trust media fact-checking. Among the supporters of Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, sizable majorities also don’t trust media fact-checking.
These findings are no surprise given that voters think it's far more likely reporters will try to help Clinton than Trump this election season.
Voters Don’t Trust Media Fact-Checking
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...r_2016/voters_don_t_trust_media_fact_checking
And if course, these voters are absolutely right.....Our resident pinheads, like Christiefan and Rana especially.....believe these lying 'fact checkers' one hundred percent....even when the spin is obvious to everyone else....
Most voters believe news organizations play favorites when it comes to fact-checking candidates’ statements, but this skepticism is much stronger among voters who support Donald Trump than those who back his rival Hillary Clinton.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 29% of all Likely U.S. Voters trust media fact-checking of candidates’ comments. Sixty-two percent (62%) believe instead that news organizations skew the facts to help candidates they support. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of voters who support Trump in the presidential race believe news organizations skew the facts, while most Clinton backers (59%) trust media fact-checking. Among the supporters of Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, sizable majorities also don’t trust media fact-checking.
These findings are no surprise given that voters think it's far more likely reporters will try to help Clinton than Trump this election season.
Voters Don’t Trust Media Fact-Checking
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...r_2016/voters_don_t_trust_media_fact_checking
And if course, these voters are absolutely right.....Our resident pinheads, like Christiefan and Rana especially.....believe these lying 'fact checkers' one hundred percent....even when the spin is obvious to everyone else....
