From "Survey -- Journalists admit liberal leanings, lack exposure to faith" by Erin Roach on Baptist Press 04/04/08
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Just 6 percent of national journalists describe themselves as conservative, compared with 36 percent of the overall population, according to an annual survey released in March by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
The State of the Media report said 2 percent of the journalists and news executives surveyed consider themselves very conservative, while 53 percent of national journalists described themselves as moderate, 24 percent as liberal and 8 percent as very liberal.
. . . Overall, only 8 percent of journalists at national media outlets said they attend church or synagogue weekly.
Almost two-thirds of the journalists in the survey admitted that their political leanings impact their reporting as the line between reporting and commentary is blurred.
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