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Saturday, December 30th, 2023

Media Confidence in U.S. Matches 2016 Record Low

Author:     MEGAN BRENAN
Source:     The Gallup Organization
Publication Date:     OCTOBER 19, 2023
 Link: Media Confidence in U.S. Matches 2016 Record Low
Stephan:  

Americans have very little trust in the corporate media, and even less in the Congress and Supreme Court. I take this as signs of a dying society, caused by greed, corruption, and lack of ethics. The only thing that is going to change this is how we vote in November. It has to be for Democrats. Not because they are anything close to perfect but because we are a two party system and the Republicans no longer support democracy. Since he cannot possibly win a majority a vote for a third party candidate, such as RFK, Jr. is actually a vote for Trump. I hope my readers understand that.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 32% of Americans who say they trust the mass media “a great deal” or “a fair amount” to report the news in a full, fair and accurate way ties Gallup’s lowest historical reading, previously recorded in 2016. Although trust in media currently matches the historical low, it was statistically similar in 2021 (36%) and 2022 (34%).

Another 29% of U.S. adults have “not very much” trust, while a record-high 39% register “none at all.” This nearly four in 10 Americans who completely lack confidence in the media is the highest on record by one percentage point. It is 12 points higher than the 2016 reading, which came amid sharp criticism of the media from then-presidential candidate Donald Trump — making the current assessment of the media the grimmest in Gallup’s history. In 2016, U.S. adults were most likely to say they had “not very much” trust (41%).

The latest poll, conducted Sept. 1-23, marks just the second time, along with last year, that the share of Americans who have no confidence at all in the media has surpassed the […]

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