The Mainstream Media: Who Trusts Them? - #49

Mainstream Media Trust at RECORD LOW: What does this mean?

The confidence in the “mainstream media” in two facets of the news media -- newspapers and television news — has fallen to an all-time low. Just 16% of U.S. adults now say they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers and 11% in television news. Each of these have decreased 5% since just one year prior.

Multiple Gallup “polls” of everyday citizens view of the news media show a growing distrust. Gallup has found near-record-low trust in the media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly, and few Americans rated newspaper and television reporters as highly ethical in Gallup's annual honesty and ethics of professions poll.

Although trust in the media in the U.S. has been quite low for many years, confidence ratings for mainstream media newspapers and TV news have never been as low as they currently are. These datapoints suggest that the mainstream media has lost their footing in society, which opens up a massive opportunity for independent media creators.

People don’t know where to go for their news, and because of this mistake by the establishment media, independent creators now have a chance to attract millions of consumers by gaining trust, reliability, and sharing information in an entertaining way.

YouTube - https://youtu.be/777Vzli6PXQ

Podcast - https://anchor.fm/jsk/episodes/The-Mainstream-Media-Who-Trusts-Them----49-e1ls9ks

References - https://elink.io/p/mainstream-media-9c115e9

Substack - https://ownershipeconomy.substack.com/p/mainstream-media

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