Report Summary At the beginning of each month the Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press conducts a nationwide survey to monitor public attentiveness to the major news events of the preceding four weeks. The survey measures how closely the public follows top national and international news stories, obtains public reaction to […]
Report Overview A year-long investigation, sponsored by Times Mirror, indicates that press supporters in America outnumber critics two to one. it also show that supporters and critics alike think the press is not free enough from outside influences in the way it reports the news. These conclusions are not the result of any single question […]
Report Summary Events overseas are overshadowing the importance of domestic news to the public. Americans are ten times more likely to cite an international news story (40%) than a domestic one (4%) as the most important event of the month. This is the fifth month in a row that Americans have named overseas stories more […]
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