Just 19.6% of Americans say they believe “all or most” of what they see and read in the national news media, down from 27.4% in 2003. By a
3-to-1 margin, Americans see journalists and broadcasters as “mostly” or “somewhat” liberal, as opposed to mostly or somewhat conservative.
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