{"id":894421,"date":"2021-10-18T14:59:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=894421"},"modified":"2021-10-18T14:59:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:59:26","slug":"poll-trust-in-media-nears-all-time-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-trust-in-media-nears-all-time-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Trust In Media Nears All-Time Low"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fpoll-trust-in-media-nears-all-time-low%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=894421&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--><p class=\"p2\">Trust in the media has dropped significantly in recent years, according to a recent poll from Gallup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/LA%20Times%20columnist:%20journalists%20failing%20public%20with%20&#039;both-siderism,&#039;%20covering%20both%20political%20sides%20%20Facebook%20hires%2010k%20people%20to%20work%20at%20&#039;metaverse&#039;%20in%20EU%20US%20and%20Haiti%20working%20to%20get%2017%20kidnapped%20missionaries%20back:%20report%20Protesters%20disrupt%20flame%20lighting%20for%20Beijing%20winter%20games\">polling<\/a>, respondents were asked, \u201cIn general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media \u2013 \u2013 such as newspapers, TV and radio \u2013 \u2013 when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly \u2013 \u2013 a great deal, a fair amount, not very much or none at all?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Only 36% of Americans said they had a \u201cGreat deal\/Fair amount\u201d of trust in the mass media, broken down as only 7% saying they have \u201ca great deal\u201d and 29% \u201ca fair amount.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">In 2016, the trust in the media was at a record low at 32% \u2014 not far off from this year\u2019s numbers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Gallup reported:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">These findings, from a Sept. 1-17 poll, are the latest in Gallup\u2019s tracking of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/355124\/americans-trust-government-remains-low.aspx\">the public\u2019s confidence in key U.S. institutions<\/a>, which began in 1972. Between 1972 and 1976, 68% to 72% of Americans expressed trust in the mass media; yet, by 1997, when the question was next asked, trust had dropped to 53%. Trust in the media, which has averaged 45% since 1997, has not reached the majority level since 2003.<\/p>\n<p><em>After hitting its lowest point in 2016, trust in the media rebounded, gaining 13 points in two years \u2014 mostly because of a surge among Democrats amid President Donald Trump\u2019s antagonistic relationship with the press and increased scrutiny of his administration by the media. Since 2018, however, it has fallen a total of nine points, as trust has slid among all party groups.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">There was also a divide along ideological party lines with regard to trust in the media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cCurrently, 68% of Democrats, 11% of Republicans and 31% of independents say they trust the media a great deal or fair amount. The 57-point gap in Republicans\u2019 and Democrats\u2019 confidence is within the 54- to 63-point range for the two groups since 2017,\u201d Gallup noted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This comes after a week of several news stories that seemed to spread a sense of mistrust in mainstream media and news reporting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/katie-couric-admits-she-edited-ruth-bader-ginsburg-interview-to-hide-justices-negative-opinion-of-national-anthem-kneelers\">reported<\/a> by The Daily Wire, \u201cIn her new book, Katie Couric admits she edited a 2016 interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg to suppress the Supreme Court Justice\u2019s feelings about people who kneel in protest during the national anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cThe former Today Show anchor reveals in her memoir \u2018Going There,\u2019 which releases October 26, that Ginsburg told her athletes who kneel during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trust in the media has dropped significantly in recent years, according to a recent poll from Gallup.\u00a0According to the polling, respondents were asked, \u201cIn general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media \u2013 \u2013 such as newspapers, TV and radio \u2013 \u2013 when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly \u2013 \u2013 a great deal, a fair amount, not very much or none at all?\u201d\u00a0Only 36% of Americans said they had a \u201cGreat deal\/Fair amount\u201d of trust in the mass media, broken down as only 7% saying they have \u201ca great deal\u201d and 29% \u201ca fair amount.\u201dIn 2016, the trust in the media was at a record low at 32% \u2014 not far off from this year\u2019s numbers.\u00a0Gallup reported:\u00a0These findings, from a Sept. 1-17 poll, are the latest in Gallup\u2019s tracking of\u00a0the public\u2019s confidence in key U.S. institutions, which began in 1972. Between 1972 and 1976, 68% to 72% of Americans expressed trust in the mass media; yet, by 1997, when the question was next asked, trust had dropped to 53%. Trust in the media, which has averaged 45% since 1997, has not reached the majority level since 2003.After hitting its lowest point in 2016, trust in the media rebounded, gaining 13 points in two years \u2014 mostly because of a surge among Democrats amid President Donald Trump\u2019s antagonistic relationship with the press and increased scrutiny of his administration by the media. Since 2018, however, it has fallen a total of nine points, as trust has slid among all party groups.There was also a divide along ideological party lines with regard to trust in the media.\u00a0\u201cCurrently, 68% of Democrats, 11% of Republicans and 31% of independents say they trust the media a great deal or fair amount. The 57-point gap in Republicans\u2019 and Democrats\u2019 confidence is within the 54- to 63-point range for the two groups since 2017,\u201d Gallup noted.\u00a0This comes after a week of several news stories that seemed to spread a sense of mistrust in mainstream media and news reporting.\u00a0As reported by The Daily Wire, \u201cIn her new book, Katie Couric admits she edited a 2016 interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg to suppress the Supreme Court Justice\u2019s feelings about people who kneel in protest during the national anthem.\u201d\u201cThe former Today Show anchor reveals in her memoir \u2018Going There,\u2019 which releases October 26, that Ginsburg told her athletes who kneel during the national anthem are showing \u2018contempt for a government that has made it possible for their parents and grandparents to live a decent life.\u2019\u201d\u201cCouric writes that she removed the comments from the interview, published at\u00a0Yahoo\u00a0five years ago because she feared the then-83-year-old justice was \u2018elderly\u2019 and \u2018probably didn\u2019t fully understand the question.\u2019\u201dIn addition, podcaster Joe Rogan recently called out members of the mainstream media for misrepresenting his use of the drug Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. He pressed CNN medical expert, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, over CNN\u2019s oft-repeated claim that Rogan took horse dewormer.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a lie. It\u2019s a lie on a news network,\u201d Rogan responded. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a lie, that\u2019s a willing, that\u2019s that\u2019s a lie that they\u2019re conscious of, this is not a mistake.\u201d\u201cYeah,\u201d Gupta said.In the interview, Rogan added, \u201cBut my point is, you\u2019re working for a news organization. If they\u2019re lying about a comedian, taking horse medication, what are they telling us about Russia? What are they telling us about Syria? Do you understand that that\u2019s why people get concerned about the veracity of the news?\u201dThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved or authorized the use of Ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19.\u00a0The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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