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> Using 2016 as an example doesn’t invalidate that goal or imply bias. It actually does: > Republicans' trust has not recovered since then, while Democrats' h

> Using 2016 as an example doesn’t invalidate that goal or imply bias. It actually does: > Republicans' trust has not recovered since then, while Democrats' has risen sharply. In fact, Democrats' trust over the past four years has been among the highest Gallup has measured for any party in the past two decades. This year, the result is a record 63-percentage-point gap in trust among the political party groups. https://news.gallup.com/poll/321116/americans-remain-distrustful-mass-media.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/321116/americans-remain-distrus...

long_time_gone 5y ago
How does this prove that using a literal example of misinformation from 2016 invalidates the goal of teaching news literacy?
haswell 5y ago
You stated that it implies bias without articulating why you believe the bias exists. Will you elaborate on how you feel the quote you included implies bias?
- throwawayswede 5y ago
  From that report I just wanted to show that shortly before the 2020 election, the Gallup poll showed that confidence in the mass media has continued to decline among Republicans and independent voters, to 10% and 36%, respectively. Among Democratic voters, confidence rose to 73%. Then you have other other polls from Gallup, like this one showing that six in 10 in US see partisan bias in news media. From the report: > Americans Believe News Media Favors Democrats Gallup asked those who perceive political bias in the news media to say which party the news media favors. Almost two-thirds (64%) of those who believe the media favors a political party say it is the Democratic Party. Only about a third as many (22%) believe the media favors Republicans. > This is not new. Americans who perceive media bias have always said the direction of that bias leaned in favor of the Democrats, although the percentage holding that view has varied. The gap was smaller in 2003 and 1995, but was more similar to today's attitudes in 2000. https://news.gallup.com/poll/207794/six-partisan-bias-news-media.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/207794/six-partisan-bias-news-m...

long_time_gone 5y ago

How does this prove that using a literal example of misinformation from 2016 invalidates the goal of teaching news literacy?

haswell 5y ago

You stated that it implies bias without articulating why you believe the bias exists. Will you elaborate on how you feel the quote you included implies bias?

throwawayswede 5y ago
From that report I just wanted to show that shortly before the 2020 election, the Gallup poll showed that confidence in the mass media has continued to decline among Republicans and independent voters, to 10% and 36%, respectively. Among Democratic voters, confidence rose to 73%. Then you have other other polls from Gallup, like this one showing that six in 10 in US see partisan bias in news media. From the report: > Americans Believe News Media Favors Democrats Gallup asked those who perceive political bias in the news media to say which party the news media favors. Almost two-thirds (64%) of those who believe the media favors a political party say it is the Democratic Party. Only about a third as many (22%) believe the media favors Republicans. > This is not new. Americans who perceive media bias have always said the direction of that bias leaned in favor of the Democrats, although the percentage holding that view has varied. The gap was smaller in 2003 and 1995, but was more similar to today's attitudes in 2000. https://news.gallup.com/poll/207794/six-partisan-bias-news-media.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/207794/six-partisan-bias-news-m...