Legacy media is ruining the minds of millions of people, warping their understanding of the world — “if I see it on TV/Rolling Stone/any of a myriad biased rags, it must be true!” Unpopular (?) opinion: thank God for Elon Musk and X.
Media trust hits near-record low: Only 7% trust news
A Gallup poll released this week found that Americans’ trust in mass media to report “fully, accurately and fairly” is only two points higher than the lowest Gallup has ever recorded.
The results, which are essentially unchanged from last year, show that only 7% of Americans have “a great deal” of trust and confidence in the media, while 27% say they have “a fair amount” of trust in mass media.
Twenty-eight percent of U.S. adults surveyed in the poll say they don’t have much confidence in the media, with 38% saying they have none at all.
www.poynter.org/commentary/2023/american-trust-in-media-is-near-a-record-low-study-finds/
h/t ExNihiloAdInfinitum