National news often fails to reflect people's perspectives
Core finding
In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Dec. 3 to 8, 2025, 45% of Americans said national news media outlets rarely, very rarely, or never express their personal perspective. This includes 24% who said rarely, 12% who said very rarely, and 9% who said never.
A similar share said the news sometimes or occasionally expresses their perspective (46%), while 10% said it often or always does.
Topline distribution
45% of Americans say national news rarely or never expresses their perspective.
How often do you feel national news media outlets express your personal perspective?
n = 1,000 · Dec 3–8, 2025 · MoE ±3.2%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | US adults age 18+ |
| Field dates | Dec 3–8, 2025 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.2% |
| Module | soc_pol |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic
How often do you feel national news media outlets express your personal perspective?
Cite this question
Verasight Human/LLM Comparison Survey #2025-172, fielded December 3-8, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.