Half of Americans in a recent survey indicated they believe national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform or persuade the public to adopt a particular point of view through their reporting.
The survey, released Wednesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, goes beyond others that have shown a low level of trust in the media to the startling point where many believe there is an intent to deceive.
Asked whether they agreed with the statement that national news organizations do not intend to mislead, 50% said they disagreed. Only 25% agreed, the study found.
Similarly, 52% disagreed with a statement that disseminators of national news "care about the best interests of their readers, viewers and listeners," the study found. It said 23% of respondents believed the journ*lists were acting in the public's best interests.
"That was pretty striking for us," said Sarah Fioroni, a consultant for Gallup. The findings showed a depth of distrust and bad feeling that go beyond the foundations and processes of journ*lism, she said.
Journ*lists need to go beyond emphasizing transparency and accuracy to show the impact of their reporting on the public, the study said.
"Americans don't seem to think that the national news organizations care about the overall impact of their reporting on the society," said John Sands, Knight's senior director for media and democracy.
In one small consolation, in both cases Americans had more trust in local news.
The ability of many people to instantly learn news from a device they hold in their hand, the rapid pace of the news cycle and an increased number of news sources would indicate that more Americans are on top of the news than ever before.
Instead, an information overload appears to have had the opposite effect. The survey said 61% of American believe these factors make it harder to stay informed, while 37% said it's easier.
Like with many other studies, Knight and Gallup found Democrats trust news more than Republicans. Over the past five years, the level of distrust has particularly spiked among independents. Overall, 55% of respondents said there was a great deal of political bias in coverage, compared to 45% in 2017.
In a finding reflected in the financial struggles of some news organizations and declining ratings of television news networks, the survey found 32% of Americans said they pay a great deal of attention to local news, compared to 56% in early 2020. That was at the outset of a presidential election year and the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.
In a picture of how people get their news, 58% said online, 31% said television, 7% said radio and 3% mentioned printed newspapers or magazines.
For members of Gen Z, aged 18- to 25-years-old, 88% said they got their news online, the survey found.
In one olive branch, if Americans believed local news organizations didn't have the resources or opportunities to cover the news, they would be more likely to pay for it.
The results are based on a Gallup study of 5,593 Americans aged 18 and older conducted between May 31 and July 21, 2022.
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half isn't enough, even when the news is telling you the side you want to hear you shouldn't trust them. Everyone has a spin
Even journos I like I don't always trust, it's good to have a healthy skepticism of the info they give you
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You can get too cynical though, and it’s annoying to other people.
I agree though, healthy skepticism or even common sense is all is needed to see that journos are pretty inhuman and not really caring about us. Here’s how you can tell:
If I had a friend that was telling all me the things I hear on the radio, I would accuse him right away of mistreating me. But somehow when it’s through media it’s acceptable, and somehow I’m the bad friend for not caring about made up crisis #495858
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I am sorry sun god but I do not understand, do you mean if you had a friend that was telling you news you thought was fake you would accuse him of mistreating you?
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The friend would just be a major downer, fake or no it’s not right to harass a person with emotional imagery like that. I’m not asking for it and I’m trying to avoid it if I can, thank you very much.
To be in a relationship with someone it would do well to at least show that you respect their time and sanity. I’m personifying the news to be like that b-word nobody who constantly cries about all her problems and manipulates me into feeling bad for her. And I’m getting nothing back except the privilege to say I’m more “informed” than someone else
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I gotchu
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Journocide when?
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Inshallah soon we will decorate the lampposts in Minecraft
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I am going to ______ any AP offices which share a building with Hamas.
In minecraft. But actually IRL too.
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quality marsey
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BOMB
THE BLANK SPACE IS BOMB
FRICK PALESTINOIDS, FRICK JOURNOS, AND MOST OF ALL, FRICK JANNIES
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Lol i forgot about that
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I get my news from the only trustworthy source, Marsey News Network!
And also SlackerNews.
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I'm sure anonymous agendaposting cute twinks will report on only the most important and factual content, and not
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hey, if it's all bullshit, might as well have fun!
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oops
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The only trustworthy news source is what I see in my dreams.
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the spiders
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I exist, therefore what I think is true
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Definitely me, this is one of the only sites I have the tolerance to browse for news related stuff. I’ll die for my right to be misinformed
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Only trustworthy news site is realrawnews.com.
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Nobody cares, this isn't a site for news discussion
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Cope
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Yes we need more callouts of other powerusers and "hi mimwee" posts
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Me when I say hi to Marsey's husband, Marcus
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Dilate
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the mountain of SEETHE this comment produced is hilarious
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Why’s everyone putting serious emotions into here it’s like flies in my ointment a lot of the time.
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This is a threat to our democracy
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I'm sure my local news station is 100% trustworthy and not bought out by [insert one of four media conglomerates here]
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This is dangerous to our democracy.
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local news give journos less wiggle room because you can just walk there and see for yourself
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If I know my American newspeak well enough local means good thus of course it's more trustworthy.
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Lol yup
And meanwhile spend your entire time giving mental effort to foreigners over the internet while the actual local community (literally your next door neighbours) could be suffering the worst pain and hardship. Addiction everywhere when I go outside but I should be proud that the marginalized experienced liberation in a country I can’t pronounce.
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only half?
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It depends on how you word the question.
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oh no noooooooooooooooooooooo
its OVER for propaganda enjoyers
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Cope harder, propoganda is still very effective even if people know they are being propogandized to.
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Yeah the goal of propaganda is as much to flex your power as it is to actually convince people
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Nah these people still love their propaganda, it's the other guys that are the problem.
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That’s the ratio of normal people to soulless npc bugmen
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The other half knows that journos are too stupid to "deliberately" mislead them
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https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/virginia-shooting-wdbj/index.html
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journo civil war (he was a former journo)
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Well no shit, right or left everyone can tell it's about the grift
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I don't believe this news article. Therefore, half of Americans think the media doesn't deliberately lie to them.
Transform your Marseys!
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Rdrama is my only source of news.
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Snapshots:
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released Wednesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation:
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I get mine from Mr New Vegas
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Journ*lisms should be all be fricked to death by satans peepee in heck every day.
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only half it should be all of them as its pretty much undeniable
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Imagine having such a high opinion of journxids that you can't believe they'd get the facts wrong without a deliberate intent to deceive.
They're just not smart enough to understand the issues they report on.
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It's the most brutal insult because journos have to admit to being r-slurred in order to beat the rap
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