Poll: Public still likes newspaper watchdogs. Do you?

A Pew Research Center survey on attitudes toward the news media shows, the center says, that "most Americans continue to support the so-called 'watchdog role' for the press. In fact, the percentage of Americans saying that press criticism of political leaders keeps them "from doing things that should not be done" is nearly as high now -- at 62% -- as it was in Pew Research's first poll in 1985 (67%)..." At that time, the center notes, overall views of media were far less negative than they are now.

We hope you'd be among that 62 percent. This blog was created as part of the York Daily Record/Sunday News' watchdog efforts, as was our Full Disclosure open-records page. We also created a tips form you can use to let us know about stories you think we're missing, or ones we should go after.