Americans Unsatisfied with Media Coverage of Politics

AUSTIN, Texas - As the 2016 election cycle draws to a close, the vast majority of Americans report that they are unsatisfied with how the news media have covered politics, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Three-fourths of Americans believe the news media focus too much on scandals. They also believe that reporters should do more to hold politicians accountable. This is according to reports released today by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life  in the Moody College of Communication. Two reports based on data from the Texas Media & Society Survey examine attitudes about journalism and media, politics and civic engagement. The reports summarize the results of two surveys - one with 1,009 Americans, the other with 1,006 Texans - conducted between May 24 and June 14. The broad-ranging reports analyze how attitudes, beliefs and behaviors differ across gender, age, education and partisanship.
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