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Questions - Media: Getting It First or Getting It Right - February 20-21, 2017

Americans Say Media Needs to Look More Before It Leaps
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National Survey of 1,000 American Adults

Conducted February 20-21, 2017
By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Which is more important when it comes to the media’s reporting of news events – getting it first or getting it right?

 

2* Are most major news organizations more concerned with getting a story first or getting it right?

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.