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To: ManyMoose who wrote (56405)	3/23/2007 8:42:07 PM
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Poll: Media Coverage of Iraq Too Negative & Not Fair or Objective Media Research Center Catching up on an item from last week, a new poll conducted by the polling firm TIPP for Investor's Business Daily found that most Americans think media coverage of the war in Iraq has been too negative (57 percent), too liberal in viewpoint (55 percent) and neither fair nor objective (61 percent). In an op-ed, TIPP's President, Raghavan Mayur, argued that the poll's results showed the media are at risk to "lose their 'customer base' by consistently disregarding what most people believe to be true." Mayur contended: "Americans are sending a clear message: They want their news fair and honest, and if the mainstream media can't provide it, they'll take their business elsewhere." For the op-ed in the March 14 Investor's Business Daily: www.ibdeditorial.com [The MRC's Rich Noyes contributed this item to CyberAlert.] The results of the IBD/TIPP poll of about 900, conducted March 5 to 11, were displayed in a large graphic above Mayur's op-ed in the March 14 print edition of Investor's Business Daily. Three pie charts displayed the public's response to the poll's questions, which asked them to agree or disagree with the following statements: # Q. "Generally speaking, media coverage of the Iraq War has been too negative." Strongly agree: 34% Somewhat agree: 23% Somewhat disagree: 22% Strongly disagree: 19% # Q. "Generally speaking, coverage of the war favors a liberal point of view." Strongly agree: 32% Somewhat agree: 23% Somewhat disagree: 23% Strongly disagree: 15% # Q. "Generally speaking, coverage of the war has been fair and objective." Strongly agree: 12% Somewhat agree: 23% Somewhat disagree: 27% Strongly disagree: 35% The disconnect between the public and the press is not new. A survey conducted in 2005 by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found reporters were more likely to have opposed the decision to go to war in Iraq, were more pessimistic about the chances of success in Iraq, and were far less likely to see immigration reform as a national priority. Reporters were also more disapproving of President Bush's job performance. For example, the public was nearly evenly split on whether the U.S. should have invaded Iraq in 2003, with 48 percent agreeing with the decision and 45 percent disagreeing. But among journalists, 71 percent said they considered it a bad decision, compared to just 28 percent that thought it was the right move. For more results from that poll and others which document the comparatively liberal views of the so-called mainstream media, visit our "Media Bias Basics" page: www.mrc.org -- Brent Baker mrc.org