The decline of the American Media II: Journalism Boogaloo

U.S. journalists differ from the public in their views of ‘bothsidesism’ in journalism

55% of journalists surveyed say that every side does not always deserve equal coverage in the news. 22% of Americans overall say the same.

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Journalists in the United States differ markedly from the general public in their views of “bothsidesism” – whether journalists should always strive to give equal coverage to all sides of an issue – according to a recent Pew Research Center study. A little more than half of the journalists surveyed (55%) say that every side...

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