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Trust in Media at all time low
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:19 pm
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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.
Americans' Trust in the Mass Media
Gallup began asking this question in 1972, and on a yearly basis since 1997. Over the history of the entire trend, Americans' trust and confidence hit its highest point in 1976, at 72%, in the wake of widely lauded examples of investigative journalism regarding Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. After staying in the low to mid-50s through the late 1990s and into the early years of the new century, Americans' trust in the media has fallen slowly and steadily. It has consistently been below a majority level since 2007.
Sad, but predictable. If only the MSM was actually neutral they would be a great service to the nation instead of generating revenue for their corporate stakeholders.
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Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:21 pm to NYNolaguy1
When half of democrats even know the media is bullshite, that's bad.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:22 pm to NYNolaguy1
No fricking way
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:22 pm to NYNolaguy1
Republican views in media has tanked.
Lol
Independents is going strong though
Lol
Independents is going strong though
This post was edited on 2/16/17 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:23 pm to Deuces
Well, the most powerful man on Earth says daily that the media does nothing but lie. I guess a lot of Americans agree with him.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:25 pm to Deuces
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When half of democrats even know the media is bullshite, that's bad.
I'm surprised its that high. How could you watch the "Clowntown frick the World Shitshow 2016" and still think there is honesty in the media at large?
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:25 pm to GeorgeWest
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Well, the most powerful man on Earth says daily that the media does nothing but lie. I guess a lot of Americans agree with him.
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D.C. -- After registering slightly higher trust last year, Americans' confidence in the media's ability to report "the news fully, accurately, and fairly" has returned to its previous all-time low of 40%. Americans' trust in mass media has generally been edging downward from higher levels in the late 1990s and the early 2000s.
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Americans' trust in the media in recent years has dropped slightly in election years, including 2008, 2010, 2012, and again this year -- only to edge its way back up again in the following odd-numbered years. Although the differences between the drops and the recoveries are not large, they suggest that something about national elections triggers skepticism about the accuracy of the news media's reporting.
Article from 2014. This is been happening long before Trump.
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Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:30 pm to NYNolaguy1
Democrats are the only group that trusts the media....and only about half of them do.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:31 pm to jeff5891
People should be at least as skeptical of journalists as they are lawyers and insurance companies.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:40 pm to member12
Honestly I take them about as seriously as professional wrestling. At least the WWF is more entertaining.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 5:43 pm to NYNolaguy1
Water is wet
Posted on 2/16/17 at 6:03 pm to member12
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People should be at least as skeptical of journalists as they are lawyers and insurance companies.
and Nigerian princes asking for money
Posted on 2/16/17 at 6:04 pm to NYNolaguy1
President TRUMP said the media has a lower approval than congress lol. Sad. 
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