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| Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low -only 8% have a great deal of trust-32% say no trust at all |
| 2024-10-16 |
| [Gallup] Trust in political and civic institutions highest for local and state governments, lowest for media and Congress. Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media, with 31% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” similar to last year’s 32%. Americans’ trust in the media -- such as newspapers, television and radio -- first fell to 32% in 2016 and did so again last year. For the third consecutive year, more U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% of Americans express “not very much” confidence. Gallup first asked this question in 1972 and has measured it in most years since 1997. In three readings in the 1970s, trust ranged from 68% to 72%, yet by Gallup’s next readings in the late 1990s and early 2000s, smaller majorities of 51% to 55% trusted the news media. The latest findings are from a poll conducted Sept. 3-15, which includes Gallup’s annual update on trust in the media and other civic and political entities in the U.S. As has been the case historically, partisans have different levels of confidence in the media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. Currently, 54% of Democrats, 27% of independents and 12% of Republicans say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media. Independents’ trust matches the record low in 2022, while Democrats’ and Republicans’ are statistically similar to their historical low points. Over the past two decades, significant gaps in trust have also emerged by age. An analysis by age groups using aggregated data to increase sample sizes shows a 17-percentage-point gap in trust between the oldest Americans (those aged 65 and older) and those under age 50 -- 43% vs. 26%, respectively. Young Democrats trust the media far less than older Democrats do: 31% of Democrats aged 18 to 29 versus 74% of those aged 65 and older have a great deal or fair amount of confidence. |
| Posted by:NoMoreBS |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-10-16 13:40 |
| #4 4 key takeaways from Harris' interview with Charlamagne tha God Let's see how many of the answers are the same VP Harris to sit down hours from now with Bret Baier for first Fox News interview |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-10-16 12:43 |
| #3 No trust at all is too much trust. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-10-16 12:35 |
| #2 unfortunately many of the young who distrust the legacy media trust tik tok influencers or other dubious outlets wish more of them would go to Rantburg or PJ media or Redstate |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-10-16 09:52 |
| #1 All lies, all the time. The only question that comes up is, why are they lying about this right now? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-10-16 08:19 |