Two-thirds of Americans (67%) say they prefer to get news with no particular point of view, while just 23% say they like getting news that reflects their political views; there are no significant partisan disagreements on this question, though there are modest educational differences. Roughly three-in-ten (29%) people with no greater than a high school education prefer news that reflects their political leanings compared with only about half as many college graduates. Among those who get most of their news from television, there are no substantive differences of opinion among local, network, Fox News or CNN viewers. Large majorities in each news audience prefer news with no political point of view, while only about a quarter of each group like news that reflects their own political preferences. The balance of opinion regarding news has not changed since 2004. Read More
News Not Views
Russell Heimlich is a former web developer at Pew Research Center.