{"id":475407,"date":"2021-05-05T18:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T22:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=475407"},"modified":"2021-05-05T18:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T22:05:54","slug":"trust-in-media-hits-record-low-new-study-blames-readers-for-lack-of-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trust-in-media-hits-record-low-new-study-blames-readers-for-lack-of-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust In Media Hits Record Low\u2026 New Study Blames Readers For Lack Of Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrust-in-media-hits-record-low-new-study-blames-readers-for-lack-of-confidence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=475407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1173433646.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>The reason U.S. trust in the media reached <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trust-in-media-at-all-time-low-majority-believe-reporters-purposefully-trying-to-mislead-people\"><span>an all-time low<\/span><\/a><span> this year has nothing to do with the quality of the coverage, according to a recent study. Instead, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanpressinstitute.org\/publications\/reports\/survey-research\/trust-journalism-values\/\"><span>the problem<\/span><\/a><span> is that \u201c<\/span><span>not all Americans universally embrace core journalism values.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201cmajor study,\u201d co-sponsored by the world\u2019s largest news organization found that most Americans want the facts \u2014 they just don\u2019t want reporters\u2019 spin. And they disagree with the legacy media\u2019s insistence on showcasing the nation\u2019s problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen journalists say they are just doing their jobs, in other words, the problem is many people harbor doubts about what the job should be,\u201d said the American Press Institute, which partnered with the <\/span><span>Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research<\/span><span> for the survey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Media Insight Project said the vast majority of U.S. citizens agree with only one of the five pillars it considers foundational for journalists: 67% of Americans <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanpressinstitute.org\/publications\/reports\/survey-research\/how-we-studied-moral-values\/\"><span>endorsed<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cfactualism,\u201d <\/span><span>the \u201cidea that the more facts people have, the closer they will get to the truth.<\/span><span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Only one other value \u2013 \u201cgiving voice to the less powerful\u201d \u2014 received support from 50% of the American people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The other half said that journalists\u2019 skewing stories to \u201camplify the voices of people who aren\u2019t ordinarily heard\u201d is \u201coverdone\u201d and that their news coverage \u201cdoesn\u2019t help\u201d the people featured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Readers overwhelmingly rejected the media\u2019s single-minded focus on America\u2019s alleged faults, defects, and deficiencies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is least support for the idea that a good way to make society better is to spotlight its problems,\u201d the survey found. \u201cOnly 29% agree.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The study labeled this coverage \u201csocial criticism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Readers also said the media spend too much time attacking those in authority, and they should put national security ahead of transparency. \u201cSometimes all of the information\u201d \u2014 such as classified information \u2014 \u201ccannot be released.\u201d And \u201cwithout the right context,\u201d these stories can \u201chinder progress and leave room for gross misinterpretation,\u201d readers said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Only about one in 10 Americans support these values, which guide the story selection and framing of the Associated Press, which co-sponsored the study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhile journalists may consider the five journalism values we identified as universal,\u201d the study said, only 11% of the American people share the reporters\u2019 worldview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And the legacy media\u2019s least critical consumers tended to be overwhelmingly on the Left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More than three out of four (78%) of the people the survey dubs \u201cJournalism Supporters\u201d are Democrats, and 62% are liberals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The survey makes clear, journalists\u2019 core constituency is well outside the mainstream.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Most readers know reporters\u2019 coverage well \u2014 and they don\u2019t trust it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The largest group of Americans \u201cconsumed a lot of news, but at the same time they were fairly suspicious of the news media.\u201d They make up 35% of the population, and \u201conly half of these people were Republicans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a group that the news media is reaching but to a large degree failing to earn their trust,\u201d the Media Project noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The survey\u2019s conclusions echo numerous other studies over the years. A 2020 Gallup poll <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/316574\/news-media-viewed-biased-crucial-democracy.aspx\"><span>found<\/span><\/a><span> that 81% of Americans consider a functional news media \u201ccritical\u201d or \u201cvery important\u201d for sustaining a healthy government. But 83% said that media coverage is biased \u2014 and that the media drive divisions among Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Media Project\u2019s survey is a tortured way of refusing to state the obvious: The legacy media are out of step with the vast majority of the American people. Their reporters\u2019 values align with fewer than one out of every five readers \u2014 and they are almost exclusively on the Left of the political spectrum. Instead of changing the way they cover the news, legacy media outlets blame the fact-starved public for lacking the sophistication to understand what journalism is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Ben Johnson (<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRightsWriter\"><i>@TheRightsWriter<\/i><\/a><i>) is the Media Reporter at The Daily Wire. He previously worked at the Acton Institute, FrontPage Magazine, and LifeSiteNews. He\u2019s the author of three books, including Party of Defeat (2008, with David Horowitz).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reason U.S. trust in the media reached an all-time low this year has nothing to do with the quality of the coverage, according to a recent study. 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