In light of the Brian Williams mini-scandal, Public Policy Polling did a survey on the media. They found the public split on what should happen with Mr. Williams -- with 39% saying he should be able to return to his job, 36% saying he should be fired, and 25% saying they are not sure what should happen.
But an even more interesting aspect of this survey was the major broadcast media that is trusted by different groups in our society. It is easy to see why the Republicans and Democrats remain so far apart on the issues. A majority of Democrats trust a wide range of media to get their news, but Republicans trust only Fox News as their source for news (an organization that is far more interested in propagating right-wing politics than reporting the news fairly). Independents don't have a majority trusting any broadcast media (but come the closest to trusting PBS with 43%, while no other media even gets to 33%).
There are also differences in what media to trust between genders and races/ethnicities -- and the charts concerning those are shown below.
The Public Policy Polling survey was conducted between February 20th and 22nd of a random national sample of 691 registered voters, with a margin of error of 3.7 points.
