July 16th, 2013
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A new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows a decline in the public perception of journalists. “ The decline in public views about journalists’ contribution to society since 2009 is more pronounced among women than men. Roughly...

A new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows a decline in the public perception of journalists. 

The decline in public views about journalists’ contribution to society since 2009 is more pronounced among women than men. Roughly three-in-ten women (29%) say journalists contribute a lot to society’s well-being, down 17 percentage points from 46% in 2009. Men’s views on this are about the same today as they were in 2009.

The decline in the perceived contribution of journalists cuts across partisan leanings, age and education level. Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents as well as Republicans and Republican-leaning independents all are less likely to say journalists contribute a lot to society’s well-being today (down 8 points among Republicans/leaning Republicans and 10 points among Democrats/leaning Democrats).

Read more:  Public Esteem for Military Still High - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

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