https://news.gallup.com/poll/267047/americans-trust-mass-media-edges-down.aspx
Although trust in the media has edged down this year, it is well above the record low of 32% in 2016
when Republicans' trust dropped precipitously and drove the overall
trust reading down during the divisive presidential campaign.
Republicans' trust is still at a very low level and a wide gap in views
of the media among partisans persists as 69% of Democrats say they have
trust and confidence in it, while 15% of Republicans and 36% of
independents agree.
Why not?
ReplyDeleteIf you break the numbers down I'll best that liberals trust media more than conservatives but only their own outlets. I'll bet that conservatives trust FoxNews more than liberal media outlets. And why not? The past 30 years have seen a transformation of the media from a seeming dispassionate source of news to a source of ideologically rigid dogma. People who like NBC share its liberal values and disdain Fox. People who watch Fax think NBC lies all the time.
And they're both right. Neither liberal nor conservative media outlets report the news, only those parts of the news that fit their agenda. Someone looking for honest reporting is out of luck these days.