Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center is an American "fact tank" based in Washington, D.C. that provides information and data on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world. It was established in 2004 as a nonpartisan subsidiary of Pew Charitable Trusts.
The group's Journalism.org site focuses research on public opinion and issues within news media. It's research is often cited in media bias research done by AllSides, including the 2014 Where News Audiences Fit on the Political Spectrum study.
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Black Americans see a range of problems with how Black people are covered in the news, and few are hopeful that will change in the foreseeable future, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of nearly 5,000 Black adults.
On several questions, Black Americans are far more likely to view news coverage of Black people in a negative rather than positive light:
Almost two-thirds of Black adults (63%) say news about Black people is often more negative than news about other racial and ethnic groups; 28% say it is about equal and 7% say it is often more positive.
57% say the news only covers certain segments of Black communities, compared with just 9% who say it covers a wide variety of Black people.