Poll: Trust in establishment American media hits record low

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 15, 2024

Americans’ trust in the establishment media has hit a record low, according to a new Gallup poll.

Just 31 percent of Americans have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence that major media is telling them the truth.

Currently, 54% of Democrats, 27% of independents and 12% of Republicans say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media, the poll found. Independents’ trust matches the record low in 2022, while Democrats’ and Republicans’ are statistically similar to their historical low points.

Here are just two of many recent examples which illustrate why legacy media is held in such low esteem:

During the recent Kamala Harris “60 Minutes” interview, host Bill Whitaker brought up U.S. foreign aid for Israel in its war against Hamas and said “it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening” to the U.S.

In the promotional clip that CBS ran, Harris responds: “The work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.”

In the full interview segment that aired later, Harris’s answer is different: “We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.”

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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump responded on social media:

“I’ve done 60 Minutes many times, even back in the good ol’ days when Journalism was respected and legit, but I have never seen a very poor answer being REPLACED by another, totally unrelated answer, in order to save the person great personal and professional embarrassment. What 60 Minutes did in doing this was Election Interference and Fraud. It is the worst and most blatant scandal in Broadcast History, and will not be soon forgotten. Just watch!

“I think she’s dumber than hell and CBS should lose their license ….

“I’ve never seen this before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced (“cut and pasted”) Lyin’ Kamala’s answers to questions, which were virtually incoherent, over and over again, some by as many as four times in a single sentence or thought, all in an effort, possibly illegal as part of the ‘News Division,’ which must be licensed, to make her look ‘more Presidential,’ or a least, better. It may also be a major Campaign Finance Violation. This is a stain on the reputation of 60 Minutes that is not recoverable – It will always remain with this once storied brand. I have never heard of such a thing being done in ‘News.’ It is the very definition of FAKE NEWS! The public is owed a MAJOR AND IMMEDIATE APOLOGY! This is an open and shut case, and must be investigated, starting today!”

House Speaker Mike Johnson noted in an Oct. 14 post to X that CBS had edited out five minutes of his 15-minute interview on “Face the Nation.” CBS deceptively cut out important context where Johnson slammed the ongoing failure of FEMA to assist Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina and on the Biden-Harris Department of Justice suing Virginia for removing non-citizens from its voter rolls.

Bonus: NBC’s Kristin Welker demands to know Donald Trump’s cholesterol level. You can’t make this stuff up.

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