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Media reporting of proposed media regulation

25 Mar 2013

Q. Do you think the media reporting and commentary on this issue has been good or poor?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Total good

31%

23%

39%

24%

Total poor

25%

34%

19%

33%

Very good

8%

9%

10%

1%

Good

23%

14%

29%

23%

Neither good nor poor

39%

42%

37%

38%

Poor

17%

19%

17%

18%

Very poor

8%

15%

2%

15%

Don’t know

4%

2%

4%

5%

31% of those who had read/heard about the proposed legislation think the media reporting and commentary has been good and 25% think it has been poor.

Those most likely to think it has been poor were Labor voters (34%) and Greens voters (33%).

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