Among police, negative views of media are linked to feelings of frustration, anger on the job % of rofficers saying Strongly agree Do notstrongly agree Source Survey oflaw enforcementofficers conducted May 19-Aug
For police, attitudes about media bias are linked to other feelings about their jobs. Officers who feel strongly that the media treat police unfairly, for example, are more likely than their colleagues to say their work as a law enforcement officer nearly always or often makes them feel frustrated and even angry. Roughly two-thirds of officers (65%) who strongly agree that the media treat police unfairly say their work always or often makes them feel frustrated, and about one-in-three (31%) say it makes them feel angry. Feelings of frustration or anger are significantly less common among officers who don’t feel as strongly about media coverage of police. Further analysis would be needed to determine what comes first for police – cynicism about media coverage or feelings of frustration and anger – but these attitudes are clearly related.
Among police, negative views of media  | are linked to feelings of frustration,  | anger on the job  | % of rofficers saying  | Media treat police unfairly  | Strongly agree Do notstrongly agree  | Job nearly always)  | often mai kiee me feel  | 65  | Frustrated  | 42  | 31  | Angry  | 15  | Source Survey oflaw enforcementofficers conducted May 19-Aug  | 14, 2016  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 