Media trust hits another historic low

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Source: Axios

5 hours ago


The percentage of Americans who say they have a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the mass media has fallen to a record low, according to a new Gallup survey.

Why it matters: Media trust had started to rebound following the 2016 election, but those gains have been wiped out amid growing political partisanship.

The big picture: Media is now the least-trusted civic and political institution surveyed by Gallup.

More Americans say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in Congress, the Supreme Court, local and state governments, and the executive branch than in the media.

By the numbers: As of this year, only 31% of Americans say they have a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the mass media, down from 32% last year, which tied the record low set in 2016.

At the same time, the percentage of Americans who say they have "not very much" trust in the media has risen from 27% in 2020 to 33% in 2024.

Prior to 2004, more than half of the American population consistently said they trusted the media.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/10/15/media-trust-gallup-survey

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The media have made this election into a badly-scripted "reality show", where they have legitimized a convicted criminal and his loony cohorts, fully expecting him to win the highest office in the land thanks to their help, while they tried to, and continue to destroy a sitting President who has implemented more initiatives and beneficial programs for ALL Americans than FDR - and all in a single term.