Posted on 06/05/2023 9:34:57 AM PDT by Retain Mike
Today, the press is seen by large numbers of Americans as only selectively truthful—slanted toward a particular point of view, usually one that is both secular and progressive. A 2022 Gallup poll found that just 7 percent of Americans have “a great deal” of trust and confidence in the media, and 27 percent have “a fair amount.” Meanwhile, 28 percent of U.S. adults say they do not have “very much confidence” and well over a third have none at all in newspapers, TV, and radio.
“Notably,” Gallup reported, “this is the first time that the percentage of Americans with no trust at all in the media is higher than the percentage with a great deal or a fair amount combined.”
And yet nothing changes.
Journalism is the only profession of which I am aware that seems not to care what the public thinks of it. Imagine a restaurant trying out a new menu only to learn its customers hate it and are patronizing other establishments. Only if the restaurant wanted to go out of business would it continue to serve the unpopular fare. The media—which encompasses more than just news—ignore or disparage what large numbers of people want. Increasingly they write and broadcast for themselves—money, ratings, fame—and the liberal or conservative demographics to which they cater. That is because the so-called Fourth Estate, once envisioned as a check on government power, now enjoys virtually unchecked power itself.
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There are no journalists, only propagandists.
I thought Cal Thomas had died a few years ago. I guess he just became irrelevant after attacking Trump.
I used to love him and Buchanan back in the Reagan years. Now they both write establishment bilge.
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