Mediagazer: Pew survey of 10,618 Americans from last fall: 61% say the news media intentionally ignores important stories, 19% say media is biased or focused on opinions (Christine Schmidt/Nieman Lab)

11:30 AM ET, July 23, 2019

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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Pew survey of 10,618 Americans from last fall: 61% say the news media intentionally ignores important stories, 19% say media is biased or focused on opinions — It's not just the media institutions — Americans' trust in the federal government, and each other, is dropping.

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

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Michael Calderone / Politico:

Nearly every Democratic presidential candidate has pledged to bring back daily press briefings at the White House and the Pentagon in 2021 — Joe Biden said in a speech that he would bring back the televised sessions, and 21 Democratic campaigns said in response to a survey by POLITICO that they would do the same.

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Trump's departures from the White House, open to all press, become the best way for reporters to access the president, as daily press briefings have disappeared

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