{"id":15575,"date":"2013-08-06T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T05:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/republicans-democrats-divided-on-whether-media-should-report-on-secret-anti-terror-methods\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:30:11","slug":"republicans-democrats-divided-on-whether-media-should-report-on-secret-anti-terror-methods","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/08\/06\/republicans-democrats-divided-on-whether-media-should-report-on-secret-anti-terror-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans, Democrats both divided on whether media should report on secret anti-terror methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American public is divided in its approval of the government\u2019s anti-terrorism surveillance programs as well as in its opinion about whether the news media should report on what it finds out about secret methods being used to fight terrorism<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/07\/26\/few-see-adequate-limits-on-nsa-surveillance-program\/#media-nsa\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0efef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0efef;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"367\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/DN_Media_Report.png?resize=313,367 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-27809 not-transparent\" alt=\"DN_Media_Report\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/DN_Media_Report.png\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/07\/26\/few-see-adequate-limits-on-nsa-surveillance-program\/#media-nsa\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> found that 50% of Americans approve of the government\u2019s collection of telephone and internet data as part of anti-terrorism efforts, while 44% disapprove. In addition, Americans are evenly divided about whether the news media should report on the government\u2019s secret anti-terrorism methods, with 47% saying it should and an equal number disagreeing.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more-->Both Democrats and Republicans reflect these divisions. Half (51%) in each party say the news media should not report information they obtain about the secret methods the government uses to fight terrorism. About the same percentage of Democrats (45%) and Republicans (43%) say the news media should report that information.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These numbers represent a significant shift in opinion since 2006, when responses to the same question revealed striking partisan differences. A 2006 Gallup\/USA Today survey\u2014conducted when President George W. Bush was facing scrutiny for his administration\u2019s anti-terror surveillance programs\u2014found that 59% of Democrats thought news media should report on secret anti-terrorism methods used by the government. Just 26% of Republicans gave the same response.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the issue elicited a 33-percentage-point gap between the two parties in 2006, that gap has since narrowed to just two percentage points.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over half of Democrats and Republicans think news organizations should not report the government\u2019s secret anti-terrorism 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