According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, voters thought the media was absolutely terrible this election season. Historically terrible, in fact.
Overall, 38 percent of voters gave the press a “F” when asked to grade the media’s conduct during the 2016 presidential election. That’s the highest percentage of failing grades in the history of Pew’s election season study.
Oddly, a vast majority of Republicans—60 percent—gave the media a failing grade. And they won!
“Voters who back Republican candidates have long been highly critical of the press, but this marks the first time a majority of any presidential candidate’s supporters has ‘failed’ the press for its campaign conduct,” explained Pew.
Democrats
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