Trust in news media on steep decline : New poll
The day may come when Americans trust bloggers more than the main stream media. May be the day's already here.
Less than 20% of Americans believe what they hear from news media. That's down 25% from 2003 according to a new Sacred Heart University poll.
Americans gave the national news media poor ratings in six different areas measured. The average positive ratings were:
- Quality of reporting — 40.7 percent
- Accuracy of reporting — 36.9 percent
- Keeping any personal bias out of stories — 33.3 percent
- Fairness — 31.3 percent
- Presenting an even balance of views — 30.4 percent
- Presenting negative and positive news equally — 27.5 percent
For folks who believe bloggers try to sway public opinion, the media is viewed as doing the same. 87.6 percent of Americans believe media try to sway public opinion, up from 79.3 percent in 2003.
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