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Study finds people want more than watchdogs for journalists
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo a broadcast journalist sits in front of lights ahead of the first presidential debate between Republican candidate President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. A new study of people s attitudes toward the press finds that distrust goes deeper than just partisanship and down to how journalists define their mission. Americans want their journalists to be more than watchdogs. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo A screen displays Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as he speaks with reporters as he speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. A new study of people s attitudes toward the press finds that distrust goes deeper than just partisanship and
Study finds people want more than watchdogs for journalists
DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer
April 14, 2021
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1of6FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo a broadcast journalist sits in front of lights ahead of the first presidential debate between Republican candidate President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. A new study of people s attitudes toward the press finds that distrust goes deeper than just partisanship and down to how journalists define their mission. Americans want their journalists to be more than watchdogs.Julio Cortez/APShow MoreShow Less
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A study of the public’s attitude toward the press reveals that distrust goes deeper than partisanship and down to how journalists define their very mission.
In short: Americans want more than a watchdog.
The study, released Wednesday by the Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, suggests ways that news organizations can reach people they may be turning off now.
“In some ways, this study suggests that our job is broader and bigger than we’ve defined it,” said Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute.