WHO TRUSTS THE MEDIA ANYMORE???

Well, to be honest with you, I’m not quite sure what to make of this latest Gallup survey regarding Americans and their trust, or lack of trust, of that which has come to be not so fondly referred to as our ‘state-controlled media.’ Because they still seem to spend a considerable amount of time not only listening to but, dare I say, believing much of what they are told by those whom they claim not to trust. Personally, if I don’t trust someone then I tend not to listen to what it is that they are saying because I automatically assume they’re lying to me.

Anyway, according to the most recent survey on the topic of ‘trust in the media’ we find that when it comes judging the news that we listen to as being presented "fully, accurately, and fairly," it was a combined 60% of respondents who said they had "not very much" trust and "none at all" in what they were hearing. But at the same time there 40% of Americans who also said that they had, combined, a "fair amount" and "great deal" of trust and confidence in newspapers, TV, and radio to report the news accurately and fairly.

And in what sort of reminded me of the story involving those three bears and a little girl, 44% of those who took part in this survey said that our state-controlled news media is "too liberal" while only 19% said it was "too conservative," and 34% said that it was all "just about right." Frankly, it’s my opinion that one has got to pretty naïve to view that which was once referred to as being our "mainstream media" as being today anything other than the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party. The job of the media today is not to inform, it is to persuade by means necessary.

This particular survey was conducted Sept. 4-7 and was said to consist of 1,017 adults, age 18 and older in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Gallup asked, "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media -- such as newspapers, T.V. and radio -- when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly -- a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?" The breakdown is as follows: 24% said None at All, 36% said Not Very Much, 10% said a Great Deal and 30% said a Fair Amount.

According to the pollsters, "After registering slightly higher trust last year, Americans' confidence in the media's ability to report ‘the news fully, accurately, and fairly’ has returned to its previous all-time low of 40%." They went on to say, "Americans' trust in mass media has generally been edging downward from higher levels in the late 1990s and the early 2000s." They also reported that 54% of Democrats have a "great deal/fair amount" of trust in the media and only 27% of Republicans do. That little fact right there should tell you all you need to know.