Confidence in the media has dropped

[Mick]

Not too surprisingly, a recent Gallup poll which has tracked long term trust in both television and print news reveals that Americans no longer trust either news delivery method.

Only 16% trust print news either a great deal or quite a lot.  Only 11% trust television in the same categories.

Media Confidence Ratings at Record Lows (gallup.com)

[Legend]

Trust in media has fallen because “media” has gone from presenting topics that captured people’s interest for a few minutes at a time to driving “narratives” that exploit well-researched cognitive and biological ticks in the human mind to absolutely derail and capture the human psyche.

In other words, news media plays on prejudice and bias to capture eyeballs in perpetuity.  It used to be people got their fill and went outside.  Now people are captives to the narrative.

This is, of course, worse in some media than others.

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Sic transit gloria mundi (so shut up and get back to work)

[Beeg_Dawg]

I wonder how many actually differentiate media v cable and internet blogs.  MSM ceased reporting news year.  Like you said, it’s about eyeballs.  Its no longer about reporting, its about spinning a story and being “first”.

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