The past few years, rife with coverups, misdirection, and misinformation, have left many unable to trust the mainstream media.

From NewsBusters. Since 1972, the pollsters at Gallup have been asking about confidence in the mass media. On Thursday, they announced their latest poll found only 32 percent of the public have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in the media’s news reporting.

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Megan Brenan reported the latest poll, conducted September 1 to 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 percentage with a great deal or fair amount of trust.” This is the Gallup question:

In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media …when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly — a great deal, a fair amount, not very much or none at all?

That 32 percent number ties Gallup’s lowest historical reading, previously recorded in 2016. But it was statistically similar in 2021 (36%) and 2022 (34%).

What should depress the media elite is a record-high 39 percent picked the answer “none at all.” That’s the highest on record by one percentage point and 12 points higher than the 2016 reading. …

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(Excerpt from NewsBusters. Photo Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)