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title: "Appendix A: Detailed tables"
description: "[![Views of news media's watchdog role, by political party (1985-2018)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-16.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-16/)"
date: "2018-09-25"
authors:
  - name: "Jeffrey Gottfried"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jeffrey-gottfried/"
  - name: "Galen Stocking"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/galen-stocking/"
  - name: "Elizabeth Grieco"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/elizabeth-grieco/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/"
---

# Appendix A: Detailed tables

[![Views of news media's watchdog role, by political party (1985-2018)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-16.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-16/)

[![Perception that news organizations favor one side, by political party (1985-2018)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-17.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-17/)

[![View of news media's watchdog role, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-18.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-18/)

[![Perception that news organizations favor one side, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-19.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-19/)

[![Trust in information from national news organizations, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-20.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-20/)

[![Trust in information from local news organizations, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-21.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-21/)

[![Trust in information from friends and family, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-22.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-22/)

[![Trust in information from social media, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-23.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-23/)

[![Perception that news organizations understand people like me, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-24.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-24/)

[![Sense of connectedness to main source of national news, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-25.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-25/)

[![Perception of accuracy of national news stories, by demographic groups](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-26.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-26/)

[![Perception that news organizations are willing to admit their mistakes, by demographic group](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/09/PJ_2018.09.25_media-attitudes_0-27.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-a-detailed-tables/pj_2018-09-25_media-attitudes_0-27/)

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**Next:** [Appendix B: Political party detailed tables (2016-2018)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/09/25/news-media-attitudes-appendix-b-political-party-detailed-tables.md)