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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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To: FlipWilson

I’m going out on a limb and guessing the decades of their blatant lying and bias has something to do with it, but I can’t quite put my finger on exactly what...


21 posted on 02/20/2017 7:20:59 AM PST by null and void (Trump's critics have evolved from expecting Trump to be Hitler to preferring it.)
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To: A Cyrenian; IncPen
I think it started with Walter Cronkite.


22 posted on 02/20/2017 7:26:09 AM PST by null and void (Trump's critics have evolved from expecting Trump to be Hitler to preferring it.)
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To: FlipWilson

“You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.” – William Randolph Hearst, January 25, 1898


23 posted on 02/20/2017 7:28:08 AM PST by null and void (Trump's critics have evolved from expecting Trump to be Hitler to preferring it.)
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To: Luke21

Sarah Palin.

They only need to look at what they did to Sarah, to know why we do not trust them.


24 posted on 02/20/2017 7:29:02 AM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: FlipWilson

Look at the steady decline that has been taking place for years. The thing is they climb up on their high horse and attempt to blame President Trump for their unpopularity. They continue to think we are stupid and that is what is so disastrous about all this. They still refuse to look at themselves or admit any part in their lack of popularity.


25 posted on 02/20/2017 7:32:12 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: FlipWilson

Lyndon Baines Johnson who passed the Johnson Amendment. The Johnson Amendment, by silencing the Church with the threat of the IRS, the media had no competing argument for our thoughts and minds. With Trump being elected without the support of the media, he can expose the media for what it has become.
Even Trump has stated he will get rid of the Johnson Amendment.


26 posted on 02/20/2017 7:40:53 AM PST by Demanwideplan
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To: FlipWilson

Stupid media owners and stupid media reporters.


27 posted on 02/20/2017 7:45:50 AM PST by mulligan
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To: FlipWilson

Dan Rather spent a career lying to viewers about everything from the Kennedy assassination and Watergate to Vietnam and the Middle East. He is maybe the genesis of fake news because when the pawns in the media saw teh acclaim he got and the awards bestowed up him, they all decided that was the way to riches and power.


28 posted on 02/20/2017 7:54:45 AM PST by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: FlipWilson

IMHO. It started with Walter Cronkite and was carried on with Peter Jennings, Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw.


29 posted on 02/20/2017 8:03:42 AM PST by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: FlipWilson

The internet which allows the truth to escape the clutches of the corrupt media. That is why the democrats and the UN are trying to block us from communicating with each other.


30 posted on 02/20/2017 8:04:59 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: FlipWilson

Note to self, title my vanities better. I know damn well who is responsible for the decline in the media. The title was meant to be rhetorical. I should have titled this thread:

“Trump is responsible for the decline in the reputation of the media, really?!?!”


31 posted on 02/20/2017 8:09:52 AM PST by FlipWilson
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To: FlipWilson

The Russians did it that will be the medias next excuse they never run out of them it’s why they loved Obama.


32 posted on 02/20/2017 8:10:31 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: FlipWilson
The decline in media credibility is NOT a secret among people in flyover...

That the truth about loss of press credibility is 'news' is more proof the press is totally clueless about what flyover citizens experience in their lives and reality.

It's the equivalent of us 'discovering' that gay people existed... and being surprised...

33 posted on 02/20/2017 8:23:37 AM PST by GOPJ (What is called "Fake News" is actually deliberate and coordinated disinformation --Freeper detective)
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To: FlipWilson

Who is responsible?

Going way out on a limb here but ... Media Content?


34 posted on 02/20/2017 8:27:14 AM PST by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Let's Roll

cnn real motto: they decide, you accept.


35 posted on 02/20/2017 8:29:27 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: FlipWilson

I was calling them the Ministry of Propaganda before Trump entered the picture.
They have been that for a long time.
They destroyed their own credibility with “undocumented workers” instead of the factual description, illegal aliens.
Many other examples of them twisting the truth to fit an agenda exist.


36 posted on 02/20/2017 8:34:27 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: FlipWilson

The media’s own hubris.

The INTERNET exposed them.


37 posted on 02/20/2017 10:08:49 AM PST by Redleg Duke (He is leading us in Making America Great Again!)
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To: FlipWilson
Wow, television news is universally hated. The most important number for me is moderates. CNN, ABC, ect, will always have a captive audience among liberals.
38 posted on 02/20/2017 10:42:41 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: null and void

Funny, I just realized that graphic talks about ‘faking the news’. Before our time!


39 posted on 02/21/2017 2:49:29 PM PST by IncPen (Valerie Jarrett is running spy ops against Trump to help Iran. You read it here first.)
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To: IncPen

You’re prescient...


40 posted on 02/22/2017 7:04:45 AM PST by null and void (Trump's critics have evolved from expecting Trump to be Hitler to preferring it.)
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