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A new Gallup poll released Wednesday showed that for the fourth consecutive year that a majority of Americans have little trust that the media will report the news fully, fairly and accurately.
The distrust of the media hit a record high of 57% in the latest survey breaking the record of 56% set in 2008 when the presidential campaigns dominated the news cycle.
Gallup reported that the 43% trust or approval rating of the media was worse than three readings they took in the 1970′s and tied the recent low recorded in 2008.
The poll also found that that 59% of the Democrats trust the media and 54% of liberals while 67% of Republicans didn’t trust the media which was almost identical to conservatives at 66%.
Also Gallup found that 48% of respondents thought thought the media was too liberal and only 15% felt it was too conservative.
For most media observers the resulst shouldn’t come as any great shock considering the trend has been towards a greater distrust of the media for quite some time now.
But despite the fact that a majority of the public doesn’t trust them and hasn’t trusted them for years the media refuses to make changes that would build more trust and if anything has become even more recalcitrant.
If there is any solace in the numbers for the media it would be that they still rank ahead (barely) of the legislative branch as if that’s anything to be proud of.
The Ideological Divide.
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Don Irvine is Chairman of Accuracy in Media. He is active on Facebook and Twitter. You can follow him @donirvine to read his latest thoughts.
2 Comments for In the Media, We Distrust
I havnt watched the news in many years and hardly ever read the papers save for the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I mean no wonder many of these newspapers and magazines are losing readers the public no longer trusts these lowlife sidewinders and polecats
I have zero trust in the state run media….so there, average that into your percentages ! Fox is the only one telling the truth about what is going on. Their researchers are excellent. They insist on accuracy. You are not hearing any lies on FNN. The masses have been able to figure it out. Elists go F _ _ _ K yourselves. Your are useful idiots for Obama.