Americans are split on whether to trust news media with information regarding the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new poll.
As Statista’s Willem Roper notes, a joint poll conducted by NPR, PBS NewsHour and Marist, shows that 47 percent of U.S. adults responded by saying “not very much” or “not at all” when asked how much they trusted news media with coronavirus information.
This poll also included questions asking how much Americans trusted President Donald Trump, with 60 percent saying they didn’t trust him with coronavirus information, and on public health experts, with 13 percent saying they had little to no trust.
Unsurprisingly, Americans views on the news media were split along partisan lines. For Democrats, only 33 percent said they had little to no trust in the news media. Republicans, however, responded at a substantial 60 percent on their lack of confidence in the news media handling coronavirus information. Independents were equally high in their skepticism at 47 percent
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Democrats and Republicans have been pointing fingers at news organizations since the coronavirus outbreak began to reach the U.S. Some Republicans believed liberal-leaning news outlets were blowing the outbreak out of proportion to damage the presidency and economy, while some Democrats believed conservative-leaning outlets were endangering American lives by not taking the outbreak seriously enough.
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Whether you choose to believe it or not, those who propagate the news either have their own agenda or are controlled or wagged by powerful knaves with agendas. That’s why we have a systematic approach to the news
Don’t believe anything you hear unless you personally research and analyze it, then figure out which way is up
Yeah but more than half do.
It just proves, once again, that we have a nation full of i-dots.
Simple question here, WHEN DO YOU START BELIEVING A LIER??? I am troubled that it takes folks so long to stop listening to liers. I consider people that do listen to liers to have a death wish or are in total denial. Take a pick.
Watching and listening to MSM is a basic form of self abuse IMO.
OT505. Truth is most people don’t know the difference between the truth and a lie. They haven’t done the work to get it right. And that’s no lie.
Sad to admit you are correct. I once hit my thumb with a hammer. I assumed that this action, that was painful, would be obvious to others. As you pointed out it takes some folks a couple of whacks to get the point and some never do. Thanks
Then that makes the other 50% just as blind to their lies as always.