Fishwrap: Confidence in newspapers, TV news hits bottom

[rangerrebew]

Fishwrap: Confidence in newspapers, TV news hits bottom
By Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) • 6/13/16 9:19 AM

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gallup-confidence-in-newspapers-at-all-time-low-congress-worse/article/2593711
 
Confidence in newspapers has hit an all time low in the latest Gallup survey, and TV news is also at a new low, the latest proof that Americans are losing faith in the media.

Gallup found that just 20 percent have confidence in newspapers, a 10-point drop in 10 years. TV news saw an identical 10-point drop, from 31 percent to 21 percent.

But it could be worse. Of all the institutions Gallup surveyed on, Congress is at the bottom, with just 9 percent having confidence in America's elected leaders, a finding that is clearly impacting the direction and tone of the 2016 elections.

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And Americans aren't putting their faith in religion. Gallup found that confidence in organized religion dropped below 50 percent, to an all time low of 41 percent.

Overall, said Gallup's analysis, "Confidence in banks — which took a hit amid the bursting housing bubble in 2007 and 2008, and dropped further after the ensuing financial crisis — fell the most, plunging from 49% in 2006 to 27% now. Confidence in organized religion, which has felt the effects of the scandals enveloping the Catholic Church, dropped from 52% to 41%, one point below last year's previous low of 42%. Television news, newspapers and Congress all dropped 10 points — pushing newspapers to a 20% confidence level, two points below their previous low of 22% in 2007 and 2014."

Still, Americans do look up to one institution, the military. Some 73 percent have confidence in the military, unchanged in 10 years.

[goatprairie]

No confidence in newspapers? Say it ain't so. I read my local rag/fishwrap this morning. On the editorial and other pages there were columns by lib scribblers and interviews with members of the weird sex community. You practically had to use a magnifying glass to find any mention of Islamic radicalism having anything to do with the slaughter.
No, it was all about hate and intolerance from people who hate homosexuals and lax gun laws. Well, as it turns out the shooter might have been a homosexual himself and had access to firearms through his job as a security guard. As if any kind of laws had stopped Islamic killers in the past.
 This kind of cluelessness from libs is probably offputting to many Americans who know the truth. The can connect the dots themselves and don't have to read the lying words of the idiots in the press.

[LMAO]

Fishwrap: Confidence in newspapers, TV news hits bottom
By Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) • 6/13/16 9:19 AM

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gallup-confidence-in-newspapers-at-all-time-low-congress-worse/article/2593711
 
Confidence in newspapers has hit an all time low in the latest Gallup survey, and TV news is also at a new low, the latest proof that Americans are losing faith in the media.

Gallup found that just 20 percent have confidence in newspapers, a 10-point drop in 10 years. TV news saw an identical 10-point drop, from 31 percent to 21 percent.

But it could be worse. Of all the institutions Gallup surveyed on, Congress is at the bottom, with just 9 percent having confidence in America's elected leaders, a finding that is clearly impacting the direction and tone of the 2016 elections.

Stay abreast of the latest developments from nation's capital and beyond with curated News Alerts from the Washington Examiner news desk and delivered to your inbox.

And Americans aren't putting their faith in religion. Gallup found that confidence in organized religion dropped below 50 percent, to an all time low of 41 percent.

Overall, said Gallup's analysis, "Confidence in banks — which took a hit amid the bursting housing bubble in 2007 and 2008, and dropped further after the ensuing financial crisis — fell the most, plunging from 49% in 2006 to 27% now. Confidence in organized religion, which has felt the effects of the scandals enveloping the Catholic Church, dropped from 52% to 41%, one point below last year's previous low of 42%. Television news, newspapers and Congress all dropped 10 points — pushing newspapers to a 20% confidence level, two points below their previous low of 22% in 2007 and 2014."

Still, Americans do look up to one institution, the military. Some 73 percent have confidence in the military, unchanged in 10 years.

This is a good thing, IMO

That means that, despite their attempts to do such, they no longer control the narrative. Part of the problem isn't so much the fact that the media has a leftward slant. That's been the case for as long as I remember. It's the disconnect they have with consumers of the news. In the world of the big media, gun control is good, Islam is peaceful, the economy is roaring, Obamacare is a success, Christianity is a scourge, the middle class is thriving,homosexuality is superior to traditional, heterosexual marriage, ect, ect. And they cannot understand why the general public is angry.

That the military is still looked highly upon doesn't surprise me. The big media is made up of the elite, "beautiful people." The military is made up of our sons, daughters, neighbor kids, uncles, fathers, mothers.....

[rangerrebew]

That means that, despite their attempts to do such, they no longer control the narrative.

I'd like to agree, but can't.  I think of the audience the media panders to; Hitler called it the masses and the masses are vulnerable to any kind of BS the media can come up with.  They don't have the intelligence or education to be able see through the nonsense and lies the media passes off as news.  Its a con game and Hitler used the media to perfection to swindle Germans just as the media is being used by Obama.

[LMAO]

I'd like to agree, but can't.  I think of the audience the media panders to; Hitler called it the masses and the masses are vulnerable to any kind of BS the media can come up with.  They don't have the intelligence or education to be able see through the nonsense and lies the media passes off as news.  Its a con game and Hitler used the media to perfection to swindle Germans just as the media is being used by Obama.

But the era of Hitler is pre Internet days.

My statement isn't meant to imply that the media doesn't have any influence. It's just they don't control the narrative especially like they did before the mid 1990's.

Why do you think the left are calling for the return of the so called "Fairness Doctrine" and internet restrictions?

[rangerrebew]

But the era of Hitler is pre Internet days.

My statement isn't meant to imply that the media doesn't have any influence. It's just they don't control the narrative especially like they did before the mid 1990's.

Why do you think the left are calling for the return of the so called "Fairness Doctrine" and internet restrictions?

Good points!

[mountaineer]

We probably could make a distinction between most smalltown newspapers and big propaganda rags like NY Times, NY Daily News, et al. I'm a writer for a little weekly newspaper, covering local city councils, county commission and various community events. The difference is that we exist only to inform, not to persuade. 

[goatprairie]

We probably could make a distinction between most smalltown newspapers and big propaganda rags like NY Times, NY Daily News, et al. I'm a writer for a little weekly newspaper, covering local city councils, county commission and various community events. The difference is that we exist only to inform, not to persuade. 

My local rag, the La Crosse (Wi) Tribune was very conservative when I was young fifty years ago. Then by the 80s it had started transforming itself into a liberal rag. Now it is a mini-me of the NY Slimes. Numerous lib articles, columnists, and editorials. Even the local columnists are all hardcore libs. They have one columnist from a Winona, Minn paper just up the river who writes a weekly, rabid liberal screed.
They will print an occasional article from a conservative writer, but they're in the extreme minority.