BELLEVUE, WA – A brand new nationwide ballot on media accuracy and bias reveals a majority of People are involved about accuracy and bias with regards to nationwide media reporting on gun violence and Second Modification points.
The ballot was carried out for the Second Modification Basis by McLaughlin & Associates, a nationwide survey analysis and strategic companies firm specializing in public opinion analysis and media planning. SAF was not concerned in crafting survey questions or the precise polling.
In line with McLaughlin, an awesome 71.9 % of People are involved about media bias at information networks reminiscent of ABC, CBS and NBC, together with 34.3 % who’re “very involved” and 37.6 % who’re “considerably involved.” Just one in 4 usually are not involved about media bias on gun points.
“Whereas some could also be shocked by the survey outcomes,” mentioned SAF founder and Government Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “we’re really not, which quantities to a tragic commentary on the state of the institution media at this time. The firearms group has felt for a very long time that Second Modification points don’t get a good shake, and this survey strongly reinforces that impression.”
“Clearly the overwhelming majority of People have misplaced religion within the nationwide media with regards to reporting truthfully and pretty about gun violence and Second Modification points,” mentioned veteran pollster Jim McLaughlin, president and associate at McLaughlin and Associates. “Curiously, not solely are Republicans (83%) suspect of the knowledge they obtain, however Independents (69%) and even Democrats (63%) are frightened about bias on Second Modification and gun violence points.”
Gottlieb mentioned weapons, crime and the Second Modification are going to be main points within the 2024 presidential and congressional elections, and the McLaughlin survey exposes a serious concern for gun house owners and activists.
“If media bias on this difficulty is so clear to People,” Gottlieb noticed, “it raises the query as to why?”
