[neverdem]

The survey polled 495 adults during June and July 2004 and has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.

How timely they publish the results!

[dirtboy]

The survey polled 495 adults during June and July 2004

Before Rathergate. Before Easongate. Before all the drip, drip, drip of fabricated stories in the media.

Lord knows what the numbers are now.

[Brilliant]

poll taken before Rathergate. Seems pretty useless now.

[TexasRepublic]

..but say they respect journalists and trust what they read and hear.

BS malarky! I distrusted them 40 years ago!

[John Lenin]

Everbody in the US thinks the press is biased except the 80% of liberals who make it up. Imagine that !

[truth_seeker]

The olde network news of ABC/NBC/CBS has a shrinking market share.

Average age is 60, and they worry about losing market share to nursing homes, not each other.

The growing demographic looks to other sources. Cable, Internet, Talk Radio, etc.

[jess35]

Most Americans think press coverage is biased and negative, but say they respect journalists and trust what they read and hear.

Anyone else see a problem with this?

[rdb3]

Most Americans think press coverage is biased and negative, but say they respect journalists and trust what they read and hear.

Why does the term "cognitive dissonance" spring to mind here?

[freedomfiter2]

Of those, 48 percent identified the bias as liberal, 30 percent as conservative,

Does anyone else think that it is scary that 30 percent believe the media is conservative?

[BibChr]

In related news:

Most in U.S. say water is "powerful wet stuff"

Dan