Pew comes through with another essential insight about journalism and human nature. Basically, whether or not you believe in a “watchdog” role for the press depends on who’s president, and who’s team you happen to be on. Hopefully they won’t mind if I borrow this chart:

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I don’t really think it should be all that comforting to liberals that they’re more likely to believe in a watchdog press with a Democratic president than the reverse.

— A. Serwer

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer