About eight-in-ten Americans think news coverage favors one side, more so among Republicans % of political U.S. adults who say news organizations when presenting the news
Republicans have long been more likely than Democrats to say news coverage unfairly favors one side, and that remains the case today. About nine-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (91%) think news coverage of political and social issues favors one side, compared with 69% of Democrats and Democratic leaners.
About eight-in-ten Americans think news coverage  | favors one side, more so among Republicans  | % of political U.S. adults who say news organizations when presenting the news  | on political and social issues  | Tend to favor  | Deal fairly  | one side  | with all sides  | U.S adults  | 79%  | 20%  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 91  | 8  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 69  | 29  | Note: Respondents U.S. who did not give an answer not shown, 2020,  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Feb, 18 March 2, 2020,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 