A New York Times article shows Americans have a new mistrust of the news media. Data acquired by the Pew Research Center "showed that self-described Republicans continued to take the dimmest view of news organizations, but discontent among Democrats was catching up."
On crucial measures of credibility, faith in news media eroded from the 1980s to the ’90s, then held fairly steady for several years, according to Pew surveys that have asked some of the same questions for more than two decades. But in the two years since the last survey, those views became markedly more negative.
In this year’s survey, 63 percent of respondents said news articles were often inaccurate and only 29 percent said the media generally “get the facts straight” — the worst marks Pew has recorded — compared with 53 percent and 39 percent in 2007.
One thing to keep in mind is that many on the cable news outlets are commentators, not journalists. Many watching these programs for the first time would not necessarily know.
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