Poll: 'Mainstream Media' Most Widely Feared Threat To Democracy

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Poll: 'Mainstream Media' Most Widely Feared Threat To Democracy

Post by Riddick » 10-20-2022 01:40 PM

While a striking 71% of registered voters believe "American democracy is currently under threat," according to the latest NY Times/Siena poll, perhaps most striking the poll found of those registered voters, more fear the "mainstream media" is a threat than Trump, Biden, Democrats, Republicans, the Supreme Court, the Electoral College, or voting by mail.

A whopping 84% of these voters — which translates to roughly 60% of all registered voters — view the media as a threat to democracy, with 59% calling the press a "major threat" and 25% calling it a "minor threat." A mere 15% who say democracy is under threat don't blame the media.

This attitude toward the media was strikingly bipartisan, with 95% of Republicans, 83% of independents, and 70% of Democrats calling the press a threat. However, only 38% of Democrats deem the media a "major" threat, compared to 80% of Republicans and 53% of independents.

The stunning results from the poll of registered voters follow a range of recent polling suggesting that by seeking to investigate, prosecute, and stigmatize their political opponents as anti-democratic "extremists," Biden and other Democrats are arousing fears among voters that it is they themselves who are acting in heavy-handed ways alien to the American democratic tradition.

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Re: Poll: 'Mainstream Media' Most Widely Feared Threat To Democracy

Post by Doka » 10-20-2022 08:13 PM

Oh! Wow! Did somebody finally notice "The EVERYBODY BAD BUT US" Routine? They have become so tiresome, and repetitive! It is NOT fun any more, to watch Biden try to figure out How to get off the stage any more.....

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