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10.28.2009 3:28 pm

Sen. Inhofe isolated in global warming stance, columnist says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank writes that Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma is finding himself alone among Republicans on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in his position on global warming.

Milbank — in an opinion column headlined “A senator in…

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10.22.2009 11:09 am

National survey finds more Americans are doubting global warming

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Pew Research Center for the Public & the Press reports “a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising.”

The research center says that just 35% of…

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09.14.2009 6:21 pm

Poll finds more people think news stories are often wrong, biased

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The public’s faith in the media’s accuracy has hit a new low, according to a Pew Research Center poll. And more people think bias is showing in media reports.

The Associated Press’ Michael Liedtke reports:

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the news…

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03.06.2009 12:24 pm

Pew Research: Rush Limbaugh’s audience is the most conservative

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Pew Research Center’s daily number for March 6 is 80 percent — which it says represents how much of Rush Limbaugh’s regular listening audience is conservative.

Pew summarizes its study from last year:

“With Republicans out of power on both ends of Pennsylvania…

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11.26.2008 11:21 am

Study ranks topics covered by the media

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A study of media coverage of health care found that it’s the 8th biggest topic, getting 3.6 percent of all coverage. The report — by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism – notes that “this is more than…

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11.14.2008 11:02 am

Do you save old front pages for posterity?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Did you save the front page of the Post-Dispatch the day after Barack Obama’s election victory?

Almost a quarter (23 percent) of Americans say they are saving a newspaper with headlines about Barack Obama’s victory, according to a study by the…

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