{"id":87719,"date":"2021-04-28T17:57:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T22:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T08:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T12:54:38","slug":"many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Many Americans say early media assessments of Biden administration were mostly positive, fair and accurate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On balance, many Americans sense that the early assessments of the Biden administration have been largely positive, and majorities say that the news coverage has been mostly accurate and fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when it comes to specific issue areas the administration has focused on, whether people have seen mostly positive, negative or mixed evaluations in the news often varies sharply based on where they get their news, according to the survey conducted March 8-14, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/pj_2021-04-28_biden-100-days_5-01-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e0d8d4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e0d8d4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-01.png?resize=480,856 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-01.png?resize=620,1106 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"553\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-01.png?w=574\" alt=\"Just under half of U.S. adults say early coverage of the Biden administration has been mostly positive \u2026 and majorities say coverage of Biden administration has been accurate, fair\" class=\"wp-image-108612 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From what they\u2019ve seen and heard in the news, Americans say the early assessments of the Biden administration have been more positive than negative. Just under half (46%) say that the early coverage they\u2019ve seen about the Biden administration has offered mostly positive assessments, while far fewer \u2013 14% \u2013 say the news they\u2019ve come across has given mostly negative assessments. About four-in-ten (39%) say the assessments have been about an even mix of positive and negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about whether the coverage of Biden is accurate and fair, large majorities of Americans say that it has been both. About seven-in-ten (69%) say that the news coverage they have seen about the Biden administration has been mostly accurate as opposed to mostly inaccurate (26%), and 76% say that coverage has been mostly fair, as opposed to mostly unfair (21%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/pj_2021-04-28_biden-100-days_5-02-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e2dcd7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e2dcd7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-02.png?resize=480,824 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-02.png?resize=620,1064 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"532\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-02.png?w=597\" alt=\"Across all media diet groups, substantial portions say early news assessments of Biden have been mostly positive\" class=\"wp-image-108617 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who turn only or mostly to outlets whose audiences lean right politically are much more likely to say they see negativity toward Biden in the news, though substantial portions of these groups also say that the coverage has been mostly positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than half (55%) of those who tend toward the left in their news diet say assessments have been mostly positive, while another 40% say it has been an even mix. Americans who turn <em>only<\/em> to sources with left-leaning audiences are more evenly divided between those who say the news they\u2019ve seen has been mostly positive (45%) and those who say the assessments have been a pretty even mix (47%). But very few in either of these groups say they have seen mostly negative evaluations of Biden (4% and 6%, respectively).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, about a third of U.S. adults who turn only to sources with right-leaning audiences (35%) say the news they\u2019ve seen has mostly offered negative assessments of Biden. The same is true of those whose media diets tend toward the right (32% say coverage has been mostly negative).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans whose news diets are more in the middle or mixed fall somewhere in between the other groups when it comes to the share who say the coverage has been mostly negative (15%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans\u2019 sense of more positive rather than negative coverage stands in some contrast to the content analysis of coverage, which tilted more negative than positive. Still, the differences by media diet match the general pattern of coverage from outlets with right-leaning or left-leaning audiences: Those with a left-only diet are most likely to sense positive or evenly mixed coverage, and the group with a right-only diet have seen a greater degree of negative coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/pj_2021-04-28_biden-100-days_5-03-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e3d9d4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e3d9d4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-03.png?resize=480,589 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-03.png?resize=782,959 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-03.png?resize=840,1030 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"515\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-03.png?w=835\" alt=\"Close to half or more of each media diet group say early news coverage about Biden has been fair and accurate\" class=\"wp-image-108623 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the assessment of how the administration was doing in these early days, majorities in each media diet group say the news coverage they\u2019ve seen about the Biden administration thus far has been fair rather than unfair, although those with media diets on the left are more likely than those with media diets on the right to say this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than eight-in-ten Americans whose media diets include only outlets with left-leaning audiences or tend toward the left say the coverage they\u2019ve seen has mostly been fair. That sentiment is shared by 59% of those whose media diets are only on the right and 63% whose diets tend toward the right. Roughly three-quarters of those with media diets in the middle (73%) say the coverage they\u2019ve seen has been fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is somewhat less consensus around the accuracy of coverage. Those who only get news from outlets with right-leaning audiences are the most likely to say they have seen inaccurate coverage (50%), while large majorities of those whose media diets tend toward the left say coverage has been accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"public-is-more-divided-on-news-assessments-of-specific-biden-administration-issue-areas\">Public is more divided on news assessments of specific Biden administration issue areas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/pj_2021-04-28_biden-100-days_5-04-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e8e3e0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e3e0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-04.png?resize=480,531 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-04.png?resize=782,866 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-04.png?resize=840,930 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"465\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-04.png?w=840\" alt=\"Of specific Biden administration initiatives, Americans say coverage of vaccine distribution is most positive\" class=\"wp-image-108627 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For three of seven specific Biden administration policy priorities asked about, at least half of respondents who had heard about them said the coverage they saw was mostly positive: distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, the passage of the economic stimulus bill and rejoining international organizations and agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of those who have heard of each topic, 65% say that the coverage of the vaccine distribution has been mostly positive, and 56% say the same of the coverage of the economic stimulus bill. For the topics of the administrations\u2019 pursuit of talks with Iran and reformation of immigration policy, far fewer of those who have heard about it say that coverage of each topic has been mostly positive, with some saying that it has been mostly negative (about a quarter for each topic) and a plurality saying that they saw an even mix of positive and negative coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans with media diets only on the right are more likely than those with media diets only on the left to say they have seen negative coverage of several major initiatives of the Biden administration \u2013 from the passage of the economic stimulus bill, to efforts at immigration reform, to the reopening of schools. For example, 42% of those with media diets only on the right say that coverage they have seen of the economic stimulus bill has been mostly negative, versus just 4% among the group with a media diet only on the left who say the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who consume media exclusively from outlets with left-leaning audiences are far more likely than the right-only group to see the coverage of these topics as positive. For example, 57% of the left-only group say that the coverage they\u2019ve seen of the Biden administration using executive actions to reverse policies of the Trump administration has been mostly positive, versus just 17% of the right-only group who say the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans\u2019 view that vaccine distribution received the most positive coverage is in line with the content analysis findings, which show that health care was the only topic (of the five most common topics) to have more stories that had a positive <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/news-coverage-of-bidens-early-days-in-office-varied-across-outlet-groups-with-more-focus-on-policy-agenda-than-leadership-character\/\">assessment of the Biden administration<\/a> than a negative one. For the other common topics \u2013 just like assessment of news coverage of the administration overall \u2013 Americans\u2019 assessment of the coverage as more positive than negative stands in contrast to the content studied. For the other four most common topics \u2013 economy, immigration, political skills and nominations\/hires \u2013 there was either about an equal portion of negative and positive stories or were more negative than positive stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/pj_2021-04-28_biden-100-days_5-05-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeeae7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeeae7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-05.png?resize=480,536 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-05.png?resize=782,874 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-05.png?resize=960,1073 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-05.png?resize=1200,1341 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-05.png?resize=1280,1430 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"715\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-05.png?w=917\" alt=\"Americans differ by media diet on tone of news coverage they\u2019ve seen of specific Biden administration issues during early days of Biden\u2019s presidency\" class=\"wp-image-108632 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"most-americans-say-biden-s-relationship-with-the-media-is-healthy\">Most Americans say Biden\u2019s relationship with the media is healthy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-200-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/pj_2021-04-28_biden-100-days_5-06-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dacec5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dacec5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-06.png?resize=400,926 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"463\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-06.png?w=400\" alt=\"About two-thirds of U.S. adults say relationship between Biden and the media is healthy\" class=\"wp-image-108637 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One major narrative throughout the Trump presidency was the tension between Donald Trump and the news media. Trump regularly criticized both the news media generally and individual outlets, referring often to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/09\/02\/643761979\/president-trumps-description-of-whats-fake-is-expanding\">fake news<\/a>\u201d and calling news media outlets the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/437610-trump-calls-press-the-enemy-of-the-people\">enemy of the people<\/a>.\u201d Americans were well aware of this tension. In a 2017 survey, a strong majority (83%) said that <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2017\/04\/04\/most-say-tensions-between-trump-administration-and-news-media-hinder-access-to-political-news\/\">the relationship between Trump and the media was generally unhealthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has not been the same kind of attention to the relationship between the news media and the Biden administration, and indeed, about two-thirds of Americans (66%) say that relationship between the two is generally healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This sentiment is especially widespread among those whose news diets include outlets with left-leaning audiences. But those with media diets that tend toward or are exclusively on the right feel differently: Six-in-ten or more in those two groups say that relationship is generally unhealthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/04\/28\/many-americans-say-early-media-assessments-of-biden-administration-were-mostly-positive-fair-and-accurate\/pj_2021-04-28_biden-100-days_5-07-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eae5e0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eae5e0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-07.png?resize=480,793 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-07.png?resize=620,1024 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"512\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/PJ_2021.04.28_biden-100-days_5-07.png?w=620\" alt=\"Americans\u2019 sense of the Biden-media relationship differs based on news diet\" class=\"wp-image-108643 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2017 survey found that large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans said the relationship between Trump and media was unhealthy (media diet groupings were not a part of the 2017 survey).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On balance, many Americans sense that the early assessments of the Biden administration have been largely positive, and majorities say that the news coverage has been mostly accurate and fair. 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