A survey from July 2022 asked Americans how they felt about the effects of bias in news on their ability to sort out facts, and revealed that 50 percent felt there was so much bias in the news that it was difficult to discern what was factual from information that was not. This was the highest share who said so across all years shown, and at the same time, the 2022 survey showed the lowest share of respondents who believed there were enough sources to be able to sort out fact from fiction.
Attitudes to how bias in news sources affects ability to sort out the facts in the United States as July 2022
Characteristic
2017
2019-2020
2022
There is so much bias in the news media that it's often difficult to sort out the facts
47%
45%
50%
Although there is some bias in the news media, there are enough sources of news to be able to sort out the facts
Surveys for years prior to 2022 were conducted via mail among a random sample of addresses in the United States. The 2022 survey was conducted via mail and web using the source's panel sample.
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Gallup. (February 15, 2023). Attitudes to how bias in news sources affects ability to sort out the facts in the United States as July 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/874821/news-media-bias-perceptions/
Gallup. "Attitudes to how bias in news sources affects ability to sort out the facts in the United States as July 2022." Chart. February 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/874821/news-media-bias-perceptions/
Gallup. (2023). Attitudes to how bias in news sources affects ability to sort out the facts in the United States as July 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/874821/news-media-bias-perceptions/
Gallup. "Attitudes to How Bias in News Sources Affects Ability to Sort out The Facts in The United States as July 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/874821/news-media-bias-perceptions/
Gallup, Attitudes to how bias in news sources affects ability to sort out the facts in the United States as July 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/874821/news-media-bias-perceptions/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Attitudes to how bias in news sources affects ability to sort out the facts in the United States as July 2022 [Graph], Gallup, February 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/874821/news-media-bias-perceptions/
