Yesterday, this happened. I wanted to post this here. It’s a list of (mostly) yes, no, no opinion or other type questions. It turns out that this is largely a riff on an earlier survey that the Trump campaign released during the election cycle. These questions are interesting on several levels. They use bias in order to uncover a perception of bias.
I put it here because it’s creepy. Some of these questions are topics in themselves to write about.
Mainstream Media Accountability Survey
- Do you believe that the mainstream media has reported unfairly on our movement?
- Do you trust MSNBC to fairly report on our campaign?
- Do you trust CNN to fairly report on our campaign?
- Do you trust Fox News to fairly report on our campaign?
- On which issues does the mainstream media do the worst job of representing Republicans? (Select as many that apply.)
- Immigration
- Economics
- Pro-life values
- Religion
- Individual liberty
- Conservatism
- Foreign policy
- Second Amendment rights
- Which television source do you primarily get your news from?
- Fox News
- CNN
- MSNBC
- Local news
- Do you use a source not listed above?
- Which online source do you use the most?
- Do you trust the mainstream media to tell the truth about the Republican Party’s positions and actions?
- Do you believe that the mainstream media does not do their due diligence fact-checking before publishing stories on the Trump administration?
- Do you believe that the media unfairly reported on President Trump’s executive order temporarily restricting people entering our country from nations compromised by radical Islamic terrorism?
- Were you aware that a poll was released revealing that a majority of Americans actually supported President Trump’s temporary restriction executive order?
- Do you believe that political correctness has created biased news coverage on both illegal immigration and radical Islamic terrorism?
- Do you believe that contrary to what the media says, raising taxes does not create jobs?
- Do you believe that people of faith have been unfairly characterized by the media?
- Do you believe that the media wrongly attributes gun violence to Second Amendment rights?
- Do you believe that the media has been far too quick to spread false stories about our movement?
- Do you believe that the media uses slurs rather than facts to attack conservative stances on issues like border control, religious liberties, and ObamaCare?
- Do you believe that the media purposely tries to divide Republicans against each other in order to help elect Democrats?
- Do you believe that the media creates false feuds within our Party in order to make us seem divided?
- Do you believe that the mainstream media has been too eager to jump to conclusions about rumored stories?
- Do you believe that if Republicans were obstructing Obama like Democrats are doing to President Trump, the mainstream media would attack Republicans?
- Do you agree with the President’s decision to break with tradition by giving lesser known reporters and bloggers the chance to ask the White House Press Secretary questions?
- Do you agree with President Trump’s media strategy to cut through the media’s noise and deliver our message straight to the people?
- Do you believe that our Party should spend more time and resources holding the mainstream media accountable?