Seventy-three percent of those surveyed say the press made things 'worse.' Poll: Media made Ferguson worse

The vast majority of St. Louis County residents are giving the media low marks for their reporting on racial strife in Ferguson, Missouri.

Seventy-three percent of those surveyed say the press made things “worse” in the wake of the police shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown, according to a new poll by the Kansas City-based Remington Research Group. Eighteen percent said the media had made things better and the remainder had no opinion.


In terms of the racial breakdown, 81 percent of whites thought the press made the situation worse, while 50 percent of African-Americans agreed.

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The poll also found that 64 percent had an unfavorable view of how Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon handled the shooting.

The survey of 604 residents has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.