A Gallup/Knight Foundation survey found that Americans think most of the news they consume is inaccurate and biased.Republicans said they thought only Fox News and The Wall Street Journal were unbiased, while Democrats felt that way about most mainstream outlets.Overall, survey respondents said PBS News and The Associated Press were the least biased outlets.Americans believe that 62% of the news they consume on TV, in newspapers, and on the radio is biased, according to a survey from the Knight Foundation and Gallup.Those surveyed said they believe that 44% of news reporting and 64% of news on social media is inaccurate. And they're upset about itmore than 80% said they were angered or bothered by seeing biased information, and slightly more felt similarly about seeing inaccurate information.In evaluating news outlets, respondents closely associated bias with inaccuracy. In their view, outlets they feel are biased are also inaccurate.But perceptions of bias and inaccuracy differed based on the respondents' political persuasions, particularly with regard to Fox News, Breitbart News, CNN, and MSNBC. The only two media organizations Republicans in the survey said weren't biased were Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.President Donald Trump often takes issue with outlets like CNN and The New York Times for publishing critical stories about his administration. In a tweetstorm on Thursday morning he described the media the "Enemy of the People!"Survey respondents with different political views had different perceptions of the pervasiveness of bias in the news. For example, Democrats said they believe that just 44% of news on TV, in newspapers, and on the radio is biased, while Republicans said they believe 77% of it is biased.Presented with a host of major news outlets, respondents ranked PBS News and The Associated Press as the least biased outlets, while Fox News and Breitbart News tied for being perceived as most biased.Here are the survey's results for how biased respondents thought each news outlet was overall, ranked from most to least biased:SEE ALSO:Fox News slammed for covering the killing of a college student more prominently than the convictions of 2 top Trump aidesDON'T MISS:How Fox's 'southern gal' Ainsley Earhardt became the darling of 'the most powerful TV show in America'1. Fox News: -51 (tie)Polled as the most biased news organization by respondents, Fox News earned a -87 bias score among those who are Democrats and lean Democratic.But among Republicans and those who lean Republican, Fox News was polled as the least biased news organization with a +3 bias rating.1. Breitbart News: -51Tied with Fox News, Breitbart News registered a -73 bias score among Democrats and those who lean Democratic.But unlike Fox News, Republicans and those who lean Republican do not give Breitbart a positive bias score. In fact, Breitbart earned a -19 rating from Republicans.3. MSNBC: -37Like Breitbart, MSNBC earned a negative bias rating from both Republicans and Democrats. While Democrats and those who lean Democratic gave MSNBC a -1 bias rating, Republicans and those who lean Republican gave MSNBC a -85 bias score.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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