Republicans were more inclined to be concerned that inaccuracies in news are intentional, with 36 percent worried that facts are made up entirely by reporters, a survey from February 2020 found. Across all political parties, the main worry about inaccuracy in news reporting was that the reporter misrepresents facts rather than simply making them up, with 58 percent of Democrats concerned by this.
Public concern about intentional inaccuracies in news reporting in the United States as of February 2020, by political affiliation
Characteristic
Democrat
Independent
Republican
The facts are correct, but the reporter is misrepresenting them
58%
57%
48%
The facts might be made up entirely by the reporter
23%
26%
36%
The facts are wrong because the reporter made errors in his or her work
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