Conservative Talk Show Hosts Top Lists of Both Favorite and Least Favorite News and Current Affairs Personalities.O'Reilly, Gibson and Cooper Top Favorites and Limbaugh, O'Reilly and King Top Least Favorites List ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The days of old when there was just network news and newspapers for people to go to for their information are long gone, and people who deliver the news have become much more numerous. They are no longer just newscasters, but rather news and current affairs current affairs npl → (noticias fpl de) actualidad f current affairs current npl → (questions fpl d')actualité f personalities; toward that end, America has their favorites and, of course, their least favorites. Leading the list of favorites, just under one-quarter (23%) of Americans cite Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly may refer to:
Charles "Charlie" Dewolf Gibson and CNN's Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an Emmy Award winning American journalist, author, and television personality. He currently works as the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. (17% each). Leading the list of least favorites, a plurality The opinion of an appellate court in which more justices join than in any concurring opinion. The excess of votes cast for one candidate over those votes cast for any other candidate. Appellate panels are made up of three or more justices. of Americans (42%) say Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American conservative radio talk show host and political commentator. Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he is a self-described conservative, who discusses politics and current events on his program, is one of their least favorite news and current affairs personalities. The same number who cite Bill O'Reilly as one of their favorites also say he is one of their least favorites (23%) and 19 percent say CNN's Larry King Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an award-winning American writer, journalist and broadcaster. He currently hosts a nightly interview program on CNN called Larry King Live, one of the longest running talk shows on American air. is one of their least favorite news and current affairs personalities. These are the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 2,302 U.S. adults surveyed online between January 15 and 22, 2008 by Harris Interactive Harris Interactive (NASDAQ: HPOL) is an American market research company that specializes in public opinion research using both telephone and surveys on online panels. The company is the product of a 1996 merger between the Gordon S. Black Company and Louis Harris & Associates. ([R]). Rounding out the top five favorite news and current affairs personalities is NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. It has been known by this name since August 1, 1970. anchor Brian Williams This article is about the American journalist. For other uses, see Brian Williams (disambiguation). Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of the NBC television network. (16%) and then with 13 percent each is Meet the Press host Tim Russert Timothy John Russert, Jr. (born May 7, 1950) is an American journalist who has hosted NBC's Meet the Press since 1991. He is the Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News, and hosts Tim Russert, a weekly interview program on MSNBC. , CBS Evening News CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963. anchor Katie Couric Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC's Today. In 2006, she made a highly publicized move from NBC to CBS, and on September 5, 2006 she became the first woman to solo-anchor of the weekday and 60 Minutes host Mike Wallace Mike Wallace may refer to:
or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Headline News' Nancy Grace Nancy Ann Grace (born October 23, 1958) is an American talk show host and former prosecutor. She frequently discusses issues from what she describes as a victims' rights standpoint. is one of their least favorites and just under that (16%) cite Katie Couric. In looking at the two lists, there are a number of the same people who are in the top ten on both. Bill O'Reilly, Katie Couric, ABC's 20/20's Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929[2]) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), an evening news magazine (20/20 , Rush Limbaugh and Fox News's Sean Hannity Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961, in New York City, New York) is an Irish American, conservative talk radio host (The Sean Hannity Show), co-host of Fox News Channel's program Hannity & Colmes, host of the Fox News weekend program Hannity's America all are in the top half of the favorites and the least favorites list. Partisan Partisan may refer to: Political matters In politics, partisan literally means organized into political parties. The expression "Partisan politics" usually refers to fervent, sometimes militant support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. Differences It's not just the backing of candidates that show partisan differences, their choices of favorite and least favorite news and current affairs personalities are also very different. For Republicans, their top three favorites are Bill O'Reilly (42%), Rush Limbaugh (28%) and Sean Hannity (27%). Perhaps, not surprisingly, Democrats have a very different list of favorites - Anderson Cooper (22%), Brian Williams (20%) and Charles Gibson (19%). One thing to note is that Republicans are more united behind their favorites while the Democrats are a bit more fragmented. Where the Democrats do show stronger support is in the list of their least favorites as three in five Democrats (60%) say it's Rush Limbaugh, followed by one-third (34%) who say Bill O'Reilly and 17 percent who say Nancy Grace. For Republicans, just over a quarter (26%) each says Larry King and Katie Couric are their least favorites. Rush Limbaugh definitely inspires mixed emotions for Republicans as 24 percent say he is one of their least favorites. So What? With the rise of online news and information sites and the 24 hour nature of news, there are many more places for Americans to get their news. This means that just having the anchor seated behind the table isn't enough to grab viewers or listeners. These news personalities are competing for these viewers and each must try to stand out in some way. Maybe they focus on a single issue, trying to be the dominant news source on it. Maybe they go extremely high tech for announcing elections or, as in Tim Russert's case, very low tech and just carry around a white board and marker. Whatever it may be, the dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there of news has changed and the Cronkites, Brinkleys and Huntleys are no longer around. TABLE 1 FAVORITE NEWS PERSONALITY "Thinking now of the media in general, of the news and current affairs personalities listed below, which three would you say are your favorites?"
Base: All adults > > > >
> > Total > > Republican
Democrat
Independent
> % > > % >
%
%
Bill O'Reilly > > 23 > > 42
11
19
Charles Gibson > > 17 > > 17
19
19
Anderson Cooper > > 17 > > 14
22
17
Brian Williams > > 16 > > 16
20
12
Tim Russert > > 13 > > 9
18
16
Katie Couric > > 13 > > 10
17
12
Mike Wallace > > 13 > > 9
17
16
Barbara Walters > > 12 > > 10
16
12
Rush Limbaugh > > 12 > > 28
2
11
Sean Hannity > > 11 > > 27
2
7
George Stephanopoulos > > 11 > > 8
13
14
Larry King > > 9 > > 9
11
7
Keith Olbermann > > 7 > > 2
10
9
Chris Matthews > > 6 > > 5
8
8
Lou Dobbs > > 6 > > 3
8
9
Nancy Grace > > 6 > > 6
7
7
Bob Schieffer > > 6 > > 4
6
9
Wolf Blitzer > > 5 > > 5
7
5
Shepard Smith > > 5 > > 9
3
4
Greta Van Susteran > > 4 > > 7
3
3
Tucker Carlson > > 2 > > 3
1
2
Alan Colmes > > 2 > > 4
1
1
None of these > > 23 > > 13
22
23
TABLE 2 LEAST FAVORITE NEWS PERSONALITY "Of the news and current affairs personalities below, which three would you say are your least favorites?"
Base: All adults > > > >
> > Total > > Republican
Democrat
Independent
> % > > % >
%
%
Rush Limbaugh > > 42 > > 24
60
50
Bill O'Reilly > > 23 > > 10
34
29
Larry King > > 19 > > 26
16
18
Nancy Grace > > 17 > > 17
17
19
Katie Couric > > 16 > > 26
10
16
Barbara Walters > > 15 > > 20
10
16
Sean Hannity > > 10 > > 3
15
15
Wolf Blitzer > > 9 > > 13
8
8
George Stephanopoulos > > 8 > > 14
3
10
Greta Van Susteran > > 8 > > 9
9
6
Chris Matthews > > 6 > > 11
3
5
Mike Wallace > > 5 > > 10
2
4
Alan Colmes > > 5 > > 9
3
4
Keith Olbermann > > 5 > > 8
3
5
Tucker Carlson > > 4 > > 4
5
3
Lou Dobbs > > 3 > > 3
5
2
Anderson Cooper > > 3 > > 4
2
2
Tim Russert > > 2 > > 5
1
2
Brian Williams > > 2 > > 3
2
2
Shepard Smith > > 2 > > 1
2
2
Charles Gibson > > 2 > > 2
2
1
Bob Schieffer > > 1 > > 3
1
1
None of these > > 25 > > 20
23
21
Methodology This Harris Poll([R]) was conducted online within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. January 15 and 22, among 2,302 adults (aged 18 and over). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. weighting was also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online. All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify Quantify - A performance analysis tool from Pure Software. or estimate, including sampling error, coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and adjustments. Therefore, Harris Interactive avoids the words "margin of error" as they are misleading. All that can be calculated are different possible sampling errors with different probabilities for pure, unweighted, random samples with 100% response rates. These are only theoretical because no published polls come close to this ideal. Respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in Harris Interactive surveys. The data have been weighted to reflect the composition of the adult population. Because the sample is based on those who agreed to participate in the Harris Interactive panel, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. These statements conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" fit, meet coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" the principles of disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls. J33083 Q580, 585 About Harris Interactive Harris Interactive is one of the largest and fastest-growing market research firms in the world. The company provides innovative research, insights and strategic advice to help its clients make more confident decisions which lead to measurable and enduring improvements enduring improvement (in·durˑ·ing im·prōōv·m in performance. Harris Interactive is widely known for The Harris Poll, one of the longest running, independent opinion polls and for pioneering online market research methods. The company has built what it believes to be the world's largest panel of survey respondents, the Harris Poll Online. Harris Interactive serves clients worldwide through its North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. , European and Asian offices, and through a global network of independent market research firms. More information about Harris Interactive may be obtained at www.harrisinteractive.com. Harris Interactive is an independent, non-partisan research company and does not take part in political campaigning or primary predictions. To become a member of the Harris Poll Online and be invited to participate in online surveys, register at www.harrispollonline.com. |
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