It would appear that the media has made itself irrelevant to the American people by a large degree.
According to a new Gallup poll, a strikingly small number of the American public actually have any faith at all in the media, almost in line with the amount of trust people have in the Federal government:
Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media, with 31% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” similar to last year’s 32%. Americans’ trust in the media — such as newspapers, television and radio — first fell to 32% in 2016 and did so again last year.
For the third consecutive year, more U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% of Americans express “not very much” confidence.
The media screwed…
