Liberal Anger Drives Gallup Poll Showing All-Time Low In Public Confidence In The Media

[rangerrebew]

 
Liberal Anger Drives Gallup Poll Showing All-Time Low In Public Confidence In The Media

By Tim Graham | September 17, 2014 | 5:03 PM EDT
 
The pollsters at Gallup reported on Wednesday that Americans' confidence in the media's ability to report "the news fully, accurately, and fairly" has dropped to its previous all-time low of 40 percent. That number was at 55 percent in 1999, but hasn’t been above 50 percent since 2005.

The media is really struggling among Democrats, who have “traditionally expressed much higher levels of confidence in the media than Republicans have,” but their confidence (“great deal or fair amount of trust”) dropped to a 14-year low of 54 percent. Republican confidence dropped to 27 percent.

Pundits on the left often feel despondent when a policy battle doesn’t go their way. When the United States went to war in 2003, some felt the press corps committed a “Jonestown-style suicide.” It’s unsurprising with no new policy on gun control or immigration, the liberals would turn on the media for failing them. The recent polling downturn of Obama makes them feel that the media failed on that, too.
 

Gallup also found a “sharp uptick” in feeling the media is “too conservative” now:


As has been the case historically, Americans are most likely to feel the news media are "too liberal" (44%) rather than "too conservative," though this perceived liberal bias is now on the lower side of the trend. One in three (34%) say the media are "just about right" in terms of their coverage -- down slightly from 37% last year.

Nearly one in five Americans (19%) say the media are too conservative, which is still relatively low, but the highest such percentage since 2006. This is up six points from 2013 -- the sharpest increase in the percentage of Americans who feel the news skews too far right since Gallup began asking the question in 2001.

These questions do not define what “the media” are. If it were limited to outlets that claim to be objective, “too conservative” sounds very strange. It’s less strange if “the media” includes all the political talk shows and bloggers and social-media memes that people come across. This dissatisfaction could be seen as a sign of the alternative media’s reach.
 

Source URL: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2014/09/17/liberal-anger-drives-gallup-poll-showing-all-time-low-public-confidence

[massadvj]

It's a major problem when one is a liberal and reality gets in the way of the leftist media narrative.

If the USA is responsible for all the bad that happens in the Middle East, how come things are so much worse now that we have withdrawn?
If socialist policies will revive the middle class, how come the middle class has been shrinking at a faster clip than ever before?
If hard-working, conservative tax-paying conservatives are the ones who are a danger to America, how come the riot police are having to control the rioting in the African American community?
Etc.

At some point, one must either relinquish one's philosophy or blame the messenger.  Liberals rarely relinquish their philosophy.

[DCPatriot]

Some DEMS are calling for a revolution as their only recourse against 'the man'.

A good place to start IF it comes to that, is against the mainstream media machine and its accomplices.  POLITICO...MEDIA MATTERS, etc.

They need to be truly frightened into coming back to reality and stop protecting this administration and Leftist agenda.

[evadR]

How do they conduct these polls nowadays with no one answering the phones?
Do they just pull it out of thin air?

[aligncare]

Democrats have become the party of big government (with some aid and assistance from the establishment Right).

I remember when 60s boomers (democrats all) taught America to distrust the "the man."

Now, like it or not, The Left (through the Democrats) are "the man."

[Relic]

It's a major problem when one is a liberal and reality gets in the way of the leftist media narrative.

If the USA is responsible for all the bad that happens in the Middle East, how come things are so much worse now that we have withdrawn?
If socialist policies will revive the middle class, how come the middle class has been shrinking at a faster clip than ever before?
If hard-working, conservative tax-paying conservatives are the ones who are a danger to America, how come the riot police are having to control the rioting in the African American community?
Etc.

At some point, one must either relinquish one's philosophy or blame the messenger.  Liberals rarely relinquish their philosophy.

Perfect. That sums it up exactly.

[rangerrebew]

How do they conduct these polls nowadays with no one answering the phones?
Do they just pull it out of thin air?

Its no problem with some 59 million who are unemployed  They just answer on their Obamaphones, having a bite to eat off their food stamps, in an apartment paid for by the people who are working.

[rb224315]

This makes sense when one understands liberals.  They think the media bias isn't far enough to the left.  If it were, so their thinking goes, their "reality" would be real and all would be right with the world.  This is just another example of their cluelessness.  The media have been in the pockets of leftists for decades.  Their message is getting out.  As mentioned upthread, their problem isn't the media, it's that liberalism doesn't work in the real world.

[Relic]

This makes sense when one understands liberals.  They think the media bias isn't far enough to the left.  If it were, so their thinking goes, their "reality" would be real and all would be right with the world.  This is just another example of their cluelessness.  The media have been in the pockets of leftists for decades.  Their message is getting out.  As mentioned upthread, their problem isn't the media, it's that liberalism doesn't work in the real world.

I see it all the time. My brother thinks the "corporate media" supports the right.

[evadR]

I see it all the time. My brother thinks the "corporate media" supports the right.

That's the common viewpoint of a seasoned LIV.

[GourmetDan]

That's the common viewpoint of a seasoned LIV.

I have noticed over the past few years that the mantra of leftist media has been that the media is 'conservative'.  It started under Bush when Faux News started gaining popularity.  Of course, liberals and LIVs believe it is true because 'the news' says it is true.

Yes, it really is that small of a logical circle...

[DCPatriot]

I have noticed over the past few years that the mantra of leftist media has been that the media is 'conservative'.  It started under Bush when Faux News started gaining popularity.  Of course, liberals and LIVs believe it is true because 'the news' says it is true.

Yes, it really is that small of a logical circle...

We need to remember here that it was just yesterday...or the day before, that a high court judge ruled that "LYING" in political campaigns is an exercise of free speech and not subject/liable for court action/proceedings for things such as slander.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/09/16/opinion-political-lies-decision-protects-free-speech/15704097/

Rush went after the Democrats in Congress yesterday for their concentrated/organized efforts to get Rush's sponsor's to drop him, etc..  They completely misconstrued what he stated and yet they're allowed to skate on it.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/09/rush-limbaugh-strikes-back-at-dccc-195665.html

[GourmetDan]

We need to remember here that it was just yesterday...or the day before, that a high court judge ruled that "LYING" in political campaigns is an exercise of free speech and not subject/liable for court action/proceedings for things such as slander.

Maybe it's time that conservatives adopted the tactic?

Surely the libs won't object...

[Relic]

Maybe it's time that conservatives adopted the tactic?

Surely the libs won't object...

Liberals lie, it's presented as fact.
Conservatives lie, and the media goes bonkers making it the lead for weeks.

[GourmetDan]

Conservatives lie, and the media goes bonkers making it the lead for weeks.

What conservatives should do then is keep making outrageous claims that have a grain of truth that will resonate with the public.  Like, "Obama promised to destroy the coal industry and raise your electric bills and he is doing just that.  That is why your electricity is shut-off."

Plenty of LIVs are familiar with getting their electricity cut off for non-payment.

The left will end up self-destructing in an apoplectic pile of cr@p...

[Relic]

What conservatives should do then is keep making outrageous claims that have a grain of truth that will resonate with the public.  Like, "Obama promised to destroy the coal industry and raise your electric bills and he is doing just that.  That is why your electricity is shut-off."

Plenty of LIVs are familiar with getting their electricity cut off for non-payment.

The left will end up self-destructing in an apoplectic pile of cr@p...

It would be an interesting strategy, but as you always say:

The sole purpose of the Republican party is to serve as an ineffective alternative to Democrats.

[GourmetDan]

It would be an interesting strategy, but as you always say:

The sole purpose of the Republican party is to serve as an ineffective alternative to Democrats.

I think it would be very effective and entertaining at the same time.  I suppose that's why it won't happen and that is why I always say:

The sole purpose of the Republican Party is to serve as an ineffective alternative to the Democrat Party.

 

[GourmetDan]

It would be an interesting strategy, but as you always say:

The sole purpose of the Republican party is to serve as an ineffective alternative to Democrats.

While the quote isn't quite exact, it does bless me to see that you remember...   

[Fishrrman]

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Hmmmmm.... lemmmeessseee here....

Am I to understand that a growing number of liberals are unhappy with the media because they perceive it as being too conservative?

Really?

It truly has become an upside-down world that we're living in.

But worth considering:
If this accurately represents what a large cohort of Americans believes, we are in an almost-hopeless situation.
These people are so far left, that there can never be a reconciliation with the right, or a return of the ship to proper shape...
(Aside: they are so far left that there can't even be a reconciliation with "the center")

(And don't forget that the government is predicting that SIXTY MILLION MORE illegals will enter the country in the coming years....)