August 14, 2007 7:59am by David Farrar

Poll on Media

Roy Morgan has done a poll in Australia on what people think of the media. It isn’t pleasant:

85% believe that Newspaper journalists are often biased
74% believe TV reporters are often biased
69% believe that Talk-back radio announcers are often biased.
49% believe Internet sites are often biased.

Oh this is hilarious. People think talkback hosts are less biased than newspaper journalists. That is what they should be discussing at the EPMU conference! And Internet sites are seen as the least biased. Now this is Australia, not NZ, but still very funny.

62% say newspaper journalists often get facts wrong
55% say TV reporters and journalists often get facts wrong
51% say Talk-back radio announcers often get facts wrong
77% say Television reporters and journalists invade people’s privacy unnecessarily
69% say Newspaper journalists invade people’s privacy unnecessarily
22% say Talk-back radio announcers invade people’s privacy unnecessarily.

And in terms of media bias, people were asked if groups were too left-wing leaning or right-wing leaning: