Posted on 09/14/2016 2:20:50 PM PDT by Zakeet
Americans' trust and confidence in the mass media "to report the news fully, accurately and fairly" has dropped to its lowest level in Gallup polling history, with 32% saying they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media. This is down eight percentage points from last year.
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Republicans Fuel Drop in Media Trust
While it is clear Americans' trust in the media has been eroding over time, the election campaign may be the reason that it has fallen so sharply this year. With many Republican leaders and conservative pundits saying Hillary Clinton has received overly positive media attention, while Donald Trump has been receiving unfair or negative attention, this may be the prime reason their relatively low trust in the media has evaporated even more. ...
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Trust in Mass Media Falls Across Age Groups
Older Americans are more likely than younger Americans to say they trust the media, but trust has declined among both age groups this year. ...
Bottom Line
Before 2004, it was common for a majority of Americans to profess at least some trust in the mass media, but since then, less than half of Americans feel that way. Now, only about a third of the U.S. has any trust in the Fourth Estate, a stunning development for an institution designed to inform the public.
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We had a stunning development with everybody other than a few old brain dead democrats.
Somebody in the media should follow the stories from the media every now and then.
How can it be any lower than the cellar it’s in now?
It’s sad that 32% of Americans are so stupid they don’t know they are being manipulated by the Ministry of Propaganda.
Gee. I wonder why. Let’s go ask Dan Rather.
Americans don’t trust the mass media?
Well that just proves how racist they are.
So 32% of Americans trust the media. It’s that same number, 32% of America is reliably liberal/Democrat and of course they trust the media because the media supports and promotes their line of thinking.
Gee, I wonder why NY Times, Wapo, C-BS, ABC, NBC etc.
Guess CBS’s new ...HONESTY.....ACCOUNTABILITY.... INTEGRITY.... mantra can be round filed now
If you don't like the media lies, go after the sponsors.
They all have Facebook pages. Go tell the sponsors politely via social media that you believe they are sponsoring political bias via their advertising dollars and they'll get no more of your money.
If enough of us do it, the media will be defunded.
I posted about this very topic 13 years ago when people were poo-pooing a boycott of Lipton over the Dixie Twits. When's the last time anyone heard from them?
32%??? These must be the same damned idiots that believe the Trump boys whacked a triceratops over in Africa recently...
#3 Skydancer: Re “how can it be any lower than the cellar it’s in now” question.
Well, underneath the cellar is unlimited earth to dig deeper into, all the way to Red China where everyone trusts their media, or else.
In the media, far, far away, (with Emperor PainInTheAss Clinton), “You will trust them, or else!”
“May the Lies be with You”.
How very telling: a majority of Democrats still have trust in the media.
Surprise, surprise. You trust what you own.
Yeah, Dan is one of the few that got caught.
I have some cautious optimism regarding young people. They are media and info savvy, and realize the Washington government has screwed them and their future. They will be the ones to pull it down.
32% are brain dead zombies.
Its a good bet that 32% of Americans don't watch or read any news media.
They choose to be willfully ignorant.
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