# National news often fails to reflect people's perspectives

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> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

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

How often do you feel national news media outlets express your personal perspective?

45% of Americans say national news rarely or never expresses their perspective.

- Sometimes: 30.7%
- Rarely: 23.9%
- Occasionally: 15.2%
- Very Rarely: 11.6%
- Never: 8.8%
- Often: 7.7%
- Always: 2.0%

## 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: 2025-12-03 → 2025-12-08
- 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

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#frequency-of-personal-perspective-reflection-in-national-news-media](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#frequency-of-personal-perspective-reflection-in-national-news-media)

## Citation

Verasight Human/LLM Comparison Survey #2025-172, fielded December 3-8, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#frequency-of-personal-perspective-reflection-in-national-news-media](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#frequency-of-personal-perspective-reflection-in-national-news-media)