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Who Is Responsible for Decline in Media Credibility?
Gallop ^ | Vanity

Posted on 02/20/2017 6:46:58 AM PST by FlipWilson

At, during and after Trump's presser the Press advanced the theory that Trump is responsible for destroying the credibility of the media. Even Trump accepted this premise somewhat at his presser. It is difficult to destroy that which is in ruins.

(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: credibility; low; lugenpresse; media
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1 posted on 02/20/2017 6:46:58 AM PST by FlipWilson
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To: FlipWilson

Uh, the media? What is this, “Stupid Question Day?


2 posted on 02/20/2017 6:50:49 AM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: FlipWilson

Who is responsible? The internet.

Thread killed.


3 posted on 02/20/2017 6:51:30 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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4 posted on 02/20/2017 6:52:56 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: FlipWilson
Geee, I don't know. That is one tough question.</sarc>
5 posted on 02/20/2017 6:54:25 AM PST by Gamecock
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To: FlipWilson

Note the date of this poll.


6 posted on 02/20/2017 6:55:16 AM PST by FlipWilson
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To: FlipWilson

And that’s a June 2016 poll.

I’d be willing to bet if the poll were conducted now the media confidence numbers would be even lower.


7 posted on 02/20/2017 6:55:19 AM PST by John Milner
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To: FlipWilson

The trust in the news median has been steadily declining for the last 4 decades. It is at its lowest now.

Trump obviously did not cause it. He merely said out load that the emperor has no clothes.


8 posted on 02/20/2017 6:56:12 AM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Agree. The internet has allowed other voices and has exposed the complete leftist bias of media sources.

Wikileaks showing the collusion with the DNC/Hillary was just another example of how corrupt MSM is.


9 posted on 02/20/2017 6:56:16 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: FlipWilson

Chuck Todd? Dan Rather? Brian Williams?


10 posted on 02/20/2017 6:57:52 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Mr. Douglas

Try the media. If the media were doing the job they claim that they do, namely, to be fair arbiters of information, would the internet and alternative media ever have risen?

The media has been trending toward the pooper for decades. They want to blame Trump?!?! Please!!


11 posted on 02/20/2017 6:58:15 AM PST by FlipWilson
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To: FlipWilson

I think it started with Walter Cronkite.


12 posted on 02/20/2017 7:08:49 AM PST by A Cyrenian (BECAUSE TRUMP SAID TO!)
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To: FlipWilson

I’ll take “the media for $2,000, Alex.”


13 posted on 02/20/2017 7:10:27 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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How did the media treat Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Robert Bork, Jesse Helms, and George W. Bush? And now look at their blind, slobbering hatred for Trump.

But I’m sure there will be some mealy mouthed excuses and blathering about how we are all mistaken.


14 posted on 02/20/2017 7:11:21 AM PST by Luke21
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To: A Cyrenian
I think it started with Walter Cronkite.

Cronkite wasn't the first to lie to advance his own personal agenda but since that's when people really started noticing I think it's a reasonable start point.

15 posted on 02/20/2017 7:13:22 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: John Milner

Quote: “and that’s a June 2016 poll. . .”

Actually, it’s a 2014 poll.


16 posted on 02/20/2017 7:15:52 AM PST by FlipWilson
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Bush’s fault!


17 posted on 02/20/2017 7:17:27 AM PST by AF_Blue (I nominate Ted Nugent for Secretary of the Interior.)
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To: FlipWilson

Media is destroying itself. And by the way, Patrick Caddell, Democrat strategist, called the media a domestic enemy of the people way back during the campaign.

I have not seen him around much lately.


18 posted on 02/20/2017 7:19:23 AM PST by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: FlipWilson

Try the media. If the media were doing the job they claim that they do, namely, to be fair arbiters of information, would the internet and alternative media ever have risen?


Well, that is a bit like saying the thief got caught because he stole stuff.

Without the internet, Dan Rather would be respected. We didn’t learn about Walter Cronkite until the internet effectively exposed him.

So, what killed the MSM is that they didn’t recognize that the old phrase, “If we don’t report it, it didn’t happen.” Is from a bygone time. They must change or die, just as U.S. car manufacturers learned when Japanese cars started hitting the market.

The internet changes the game.


19 posted on 02/20/2017 7:20:16 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: FlipWilson

GLOBALISTS who perverted factual reporting INTO pravda like propaganda for their political purposes...... deliberately lying....
NOW THEY ARE CAUGHT because the victim is FIGHTING BACK....for the good of the PEOPLE who deserve Facts .... not propaganda


20 posted on 02/20/2017 7:20:19 AM PST by zzwhale
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