Data Point – So When Will The News Media “Get It” That Americans Hate Them?

by
Skip

Perhaps not hate but certainly don’t Trust them. Chart is over the period of 1993 to 2022:

Tust in News Media tanks Powerline

The post is concentrating on 2022 and neither can rise to the level of being unacceptable in providing platforms that shine in the light of the First Amendment.

However, look at the 1993 numbers – both sets are under 50% on the Trustworthy axis with newspapers really below the waterline. This has been 30 years in the making and one would have thought that at least one or two Bright Light in the news industry…

Sidenote: And for all the Brian Stetlers and Chris Cuomos, there MUST be at least one or two that rise to intelligent, right?  Or is this like God telling Abraham that he would spare Sodom and Gomorrah if he could find 50 | 45 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 righteous men in those cities – and Abraham found none?

…could figure out their problem and fix it? Or has the weight of poor reporting already sunk them? I’ve been doing these types of Data Points for as long as the ‘Grok has been open and I’ve never seen an upward trend.

Do YOU trust any particular outlet?  National (WaPo, NY Times, LAT, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox, et al) or local (WMUR, WGIR, Concord Monitor, Laconia Daily Sun (or the other “Suns”), Telegraph, et al)?

How about in the alternative media (and for the purpose of THIS question, exclude GraniteGrok for now).

(H/T: Powerline)

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  • Skip

    Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom and how the Government is taking that away. As an evangelical Christian and Conservative with small "L" libertarian leanings, my fight is with Progressives forcing a collectivized, secular humanistic future upon us. As a TEA Party activist, citizen journalist, and pundit!, my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture.

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