Trust in media hits bottom, 60 percent say sources pay for stories

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Trust in media hits bottom, 60 percent say sources pay for stories
by Paul Bedard
 | February 26, 2019 11:59 AM


Confidence in the media has hit rock bottom, with many news consumers believing that reporters file their reports before knowing the facts and 60 percent are under the impression that sources pay for stories, according to a depressing new survey of American journalism.

The Columbia Journalism Review poll also confirmed the pending death of print newspapers and magazines and a remarkable shift to social and online media as sources of news.

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--The press led institutions for which the public has the lowest confidence.
Of all demographic groups, only Democrats expressed a positive confidence in the press.


--42 percent of Democrats believe the media isn’t biased. Just 10 percent of Republicans said the same.

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