NEW YORK: More than three-quarters (76%) of consumers believe that the media's coverage of the economic downturn has increased fear among the public and magnified the market's difficulties, according to a Zogby International poll commissioned by the Independent Film Channel (IFC).
More than half (53%) of respondents said that journalists can be impartial while covering economic conditions if they are also affected, while 41% said they cannot. Six percent were unsure. Thirty-two percent believe that the media in other countries report on ...