The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has been tracking views of press performance since 1985. In September 2011, Pew found that negative opinions about the performance of news organizations now match or surpass all-time highs.
In the poll, 66 percent of those surveyed stated news stories often are inaccurate and 77 percent think that news organizations tend to favor one side over the other. 80 percent of those surveyed said news organizations are often influenced by powerful people and organizations.
This negative opinion of the mass media has increased in recent years. In the Pew Research Center’s first survey on news attitudes in 1985, only 53 percent said that news organizations were often influenced by powerful people and organizations and tended to favor one side.
According to another poll conducted by Gallup in September 2011, Americans perceive a more liberal bias in the media than a conservative bias by a large margin since at least 2002. A significant majority of respondents perceive bias in the media.
Americans were asked how much trust and confidence they have in the mass media and a majority — 55 percent — responded “not very much” or “none at all,” according to Gallup.
Read More at Accuracy in Media By Rep. Lamar Smith, Accuracy in Media
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Huh? Identify what's wrong with this sentence: "In September 2011, Pew found that negative opinions about the performance of news organizations now match or surpass all-time highs."
Yep, you got it–a poll from three months ago isn't really "now." Still, that's a minor issue–the news media are (and should be widely mistrusted).
Funny, though, that the article neglects to mention that–despite the misleading headline–the majority of people still trust news sources. And despite the fact that it was written by a politician, the article oddly also failed to mention that the same poll found that people trust other sources of information, including both government and business, LESS than the media.
You can see the results for yourself at http://www.people-press.org/2011/09/22/press-wide…
media? government? business? Aint none of them trustworthy.
"Who do you love?"
"Who do you love?"
Bo Diddley
"Aint none of them trustworthy."
I agree that we should be at least skeptical of them all–but I found it interesting (and probably appropriate) that of the mainstream media are the most trusted of the three. Even if that's like someone being the most honest thief or the kindest in-law in a group.
So, what is new? I have not trusted the so called News Media in over 50 years and the distrust is worse today. This mistrust come down to even our local News Paper. The have gotten the stories so incorrect most of the time, I stopped the paper. Now I get my information from the internet and have around the world input. Then I can compare and try to get the correct information.
In every case in which the media reported an event that I knew something about, they were wrong. I can only surmise that their veracity is the same for events about which I know nothing.
Western Jounalism in general, has given themselves a free pass on honest, clean, truthful, verified, reporting on issues that apply to all political issues looooong ago!!!
They can ONLY be trusted to consistenly report truthfully and with an unbiased approach on things they gnereally do not care about at all which are out of the realm of their Left Wing socialistic Marxist agenda.
There was a day when honor in reporting, truth, and integrity was everything to many of them, now?, most of them are admittedly Left Wing Socailist Democrats and use their power and reporting to twist and influence this once great nation into the dark times of socialism and "Progressiveness" as they like to call it. Sad comentary on our nation – lead by liars in WDC and manipulated by a crooked and dirty press corp.
Is there any problems in your world that is not caused by Jews? Maybe you cam blame Native Americans or blacks for a change…. Maybe catholics or southern baptists. How about muslims? They seem to be the whipping child at the moment? Be fair and spread your HATRED to other groups, Huh?
Sorry JP, he had it comin.
Native Americans are not the problem — for they were bamboozled by Judeo-lobbyist felon Jack Abramoff pitting indian tribe against indian tribe as he collected massive lobbying fees.
First two would be racist.
Or could just do what Obama and all the demo rats stil do. Just keep on a blamin' Bush!
Blacks are not the problem — for they were bamboozled by judeo-terrorist Bill Ayers and judeo-slimball David Axelrod and son of a judeo-terrorist Rahm Emmanuel into electing a black man who was supposed to represent them for the first time in history.
Catholics are not the problem – for they can't say a word without the judeo-media-Scribes calling them hypocrites for homosexual priests sinning in regards their broken promise of celibecy.
Southern Baptists are not the problem — for they are Protestants and cannot get a single Protestant on the Supreme Court which would help insure that Christianity is saved, leaving 4 Jews on the bench, one less than a majority.
Muslims are not the problem – for they were not in the country in 1913 when the judeo-Progressives started pushing the Constitution-killing 17th Amendment which knocked a supporting leg out from under the Constitutional plan on having checks and balances between the States and the Federal government.
As Obama still says. It's still Bush's fault!
But Jews are not the problem? They are always the poor, discriminated, harrassed and persecuted minority who never does anything wrong, right?
(Jews) harrassed and persecuted minority who never does anything wrong, right?
DID I SAY THAT?
Perhaps the problem is everyone except you and your view of the world, right?