Most Voters Think Media Bias is Worse Than Big Campaign Contributions

Big campaign donations may have the potential to influence political agendas andcorporate cooperation, but most voters feel the potential for corruption is worse with media bias.

A Rasmussen report released Tuesday showed 55 percent of voters think media bias is a bigger problem today than big campaign contributions.

"Mainstream voters tend to think most reporters try to help the candidates they want to win," according to the report. But the political class disagrees, with 69 percent of them saying their "ideological views are about the same as the average reporter's."

From the report:

"Voters aged 30 to 49 are the most wary of the medias influence on politics today.

"Sixty-eight percent of Republicans and 62 percent of unaffiliated voters say media bias is the bigger problem in politics, a view shared by just 37 percent of Democrats. The plurality (46 percent) of Democrats says campaign contributions are a bigger problem."