Posted on 02/18/2023 7:41:19 AM PST by george76
Fifty percent of Americans believe that the news media lies in order to promote a narrative.
Only 25% actually believe this isn’t true. The rest are skeptical, unsure of what to think. Guess who that 25% are…
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These numbers don’t come from some right-wing polling outfit. They come from Gallup, not Rassmussen or OneAmerica.
If you look at these numbers Americans believe that the news media is rich, but don’t care about them or tell the truth. Which, to be honest, is exactly right. They are wealthy and do only care about themselves and their allies. And they surely lie whenever it suits them.
A former Washington Post editor has argued that objectivity is an outdated concept. The New York Times and Washington Post share a Pulitzer based upon unrelenting news coverage that turned out to be lies. That coverage was so awful that the Columbia Journalism Review has a huge multi-part story on how awful the coverage was and how badly the public was served by the spreading of outright misinformation.
The press lies. It lies constantly. It does so both consciously and as a result of living in a bubble. On stories that aren’t political, they still lie or spread ridiculous speculation that combines laziness and indifference to the facts. The New York Times itself did a story about how ridiculous statistics get thrown around that are based upon information as flimsy as a 9-year-old’s science fair project.
No, I am not joking. Plastic straws are banned across the United States because of a 9-year-old’s science fair project, and the ridiculous fact that the news media spread the idiotic conclusions.
Americans don’t trust the news media and they shouldn’t. All the media does is confirm the prejudices of the people who comprise their audience. This tends to be true across the political spectrum, but the MSM far outstrips the Right-wing media and dominates the infosphere.
And at least Fox News admits it is conservative, at least in its commentary. Most of the MSM pretends not to have a point of view. They are just presenting “facts.”
You see far more liberals on Fox than conservatives in liberal news outlets, and this is reflected in the well-established fact that conservatives understand what liberals believe and not the other way around. Liberals live in a constructed fantasy world. Conservatives can’t because the liberals run everything.
We know what they think and can see immediately when the MSM is simply spreading the talking points handed to them by the elite.
The Elite is panicking about the decline in trust, and they have come up with a sure-fire solution: ban dissent and call it disinformation. They are desperate to do this and have been largely successful. Even the staunchest (former) defenders of the 1st Amendment have changed their tune and for good reasons.
First, the loss of trust is a loss of power; second, the loss of trust leads to a loss of money. People have quit subscribing to news media and it has been a disaster.
A few media outlets have figured out how to survive, notably the New York Times. But it isn’t their news coverage that makes them much money: it is their coverage of entertainment, food, travel, and games. Wordle, anyone?
The Washington Post, the tentpole of the Washington DC media isn’t so lucky. It is bleeding subscribers and bleeding money. Censorship wouldn’t work to save it, but it would help.
There’s a reason why I and other conservatives keep pounding on the lies the media tells; often the lies themselves must be exposed to help people make good decisions. But as important is eroding trust in the media itself, because it is the bulwark that preserves the power of the elites.
We need to take that power away.
I don’t even believe the story about people not believing the media. That number is way less than 25%.
how many believe the govt, or is that the same thing?
And that 25% is leftist idiots.
THAT’S GOOD BUT THEY NEED TO ACT LIKE IT AND RESPOND APPROPRIATELY. I remember the FIB’s first JSix holiday. I was breezing through the channels. Saw a “protest” taking place at the Home of Corruption on Capitol Hill on FNC. Spent no more than 30 seconds there and moved on. The next day, I didn’t know what the hell all my conservative family and friends were talking about when they started whining about what had happened there. I was kind of sorry I missed it. They were really upset about something. Anyway, I just breezed right on by to Gunsmoke. WWMDD. (What Would Matt Dillon Do).
Plastic straws are banned across the United States because of a 9-year-old’s science fair project, and the ridiculous fact that the news media spread the idiotic conclusions.
I think you’re right I think that number is overly optimistic
There’s a reason why I and other conservatives keep pounding on the lies the media tells; often the lies themselves must be exposed to help people make good decisions. But as important is eroding trust in the media itself, because it is the bulwark that preserves the power of the elites.
We need to take that power away.
It is exhausting work but must be done on a personal level.
Something is wrong with this.
The media puts out leftist woke propaganda all the time.
The “wise” American trash allegedly “don’t believe the media.”
But they vote for everything the media promote-—woke, Leftist positions.
We good people don’t believe the media and we vote conservative.
The article premise doesn’t hold up. I think the people believe and obey the media.
how many believe the govt, or is that the same thing?
yet they somehow still vote Dem......
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Everything the author says is true, then he concludes with “We need to take that power away.” I’ve yet to hear anybody proffer good ways to “take their power away.”
I’m waiting for people to come their senses and vote our way out of this mess. Electing 35 fearless governors like DeSantis would be a great start.
It all comes down to the near-term (who manufactures the votes and who counts the votes) and the long-term (who is teaching our children and shrinking Fedzilla by 75%).
I’ll continue waiting to hit the $1 Billion Powerball lottery. I have better prospects that way.
The various .gov three letter agencies control the western MSM. Much written about that, and admissions from MSM themselves.
What is so surprising is the amount of people that can’t remember Trumps warnings about our corrupted media, from the dangerous, ineffective jabs to the Ukie war.
Corrupted government = Corrupted Media= Low IQ spoonfed , paralyzed population…which is exactly what we are witnessing today.
“Only 25% of Americans believe the news media”
If ONLY that were true, we’d be living in a different country. To show that, just poll people regarding whether Trump ‘colluded’ with Russia or whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was provoked or whether Trump was a serial woman-abuser...and you get the REAL ANSWER.
The problem is that people are CLUELESS regarding the extent they’re being played, and that is what’s destroying the country.
Twenty-five percent of the population are morons.
The media of totalitarian regimes might have better numbers than this
Skepticism is alive and well... Let’s hope it stays that way, otherwise we will all become the sheeple who swallowed the Covid nonsense. Which sadly was a majority of the population.
Thankfully, many who did swallow that BS are beginning to realize that it was BS... Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice... We revolt!
F the news media!!!!!!
Whatever is the percentage, most of the believers are Dems/libs/progs and those who benefit from pretending the main media reports fairly.
But...for all those who think and see more clearly, why don’t they vote more sensibly??
The real news is that Democrats’ trust in the media is at a 3-decade high, if not an all time high.
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