For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have
little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully,
accurately, and fairly. The 57% who now say this is a record high by
one percentage point.
Gallup goes on to say that "perceptions of bias have remained quite
steady" over the last decade. That's true, but if you look farther
back, Gallup's own data shows that trust in the mass media has declined
sharply since 1972, which was the first year Gallup asked that
particular question. In May 1972, 18 percent of the respondents said
they trusted the media a "great deal", and 50 percent said they trusted
the media a "fair amount". In September of this year, the numbers were,
respectively, 12 and 31 percent.
By way of Andrew Malcolm, who has some funny things to say about this
poll result.
- 2:12 PM, 23 December 2010 [link
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