In fact, one of the rare newsroom conservatives at The Dallas Morning News used to joke with me that if the entire newspaper building were to magically relocate itself to Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass., the newsroom wouldn’t notice. I’ve worked at several mainstream papers, and two papers - the Washington Times and the New York Post - that were self-consciously conservative (though the NYPost‘s conservatism was different from the Washington Times‘s). It’s only human nature that a journalist’s perception of issues will generally conform to the places and people with whom he works and lives.Ĭoncha goes on to say that the loss of local newspapers in the media consolidation wave of the Internet era is to blame. In D.C., the Trump support was just 5.4 percent, underscoring that those who live in or near these cities exist in overwhelmingly liberal silos. In the 2020 election, just 9 percent of Manhattan voters voted for Donald Trump. Most of the national media are located in two places: New York City and Washington, D.C. So why the disconnect? Perhaps it’s like the old saying about the key to good real estate: Location, location location. When asked if journalists manage and correct misinformation consistently, 43 percent of those in the industry said yes, while just 25 percent of the general public agreed.Īlmost half (46 percent) of journalists said they felt connected to their readers and viewers, while just one-quarter of the public says they feel connected to the media outlets from which they get their news. But the number dropped precipitously again when the general public was asked, with less than 3 in 10 agreeing with the assessment. When asked if journalists perform well when “serving as a watchdog over elected leaders,” 52 percent of journalists agreed. But a solid majority of the American public at large has the opposite view, with just 35 percent feeling the same way.
Per Pew, 65 percent of the nearly 12,000 journalists surveyed say the media do a solid job of “covering the most important stories of the day” and reporting news accurately. To say there’s a disconnect between many journalists and the public they serve is a gross understatement, according to a new in-depth survey by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. The Washington Post is taking reality suppression to new heights: there is “nothing inherently sexual” about adult male transvestites removing clothing, performing lap dances, and soliciting dollar bills in front of children. Another day in the life of Felicia Sonmez’s former employer: