Re: Trump on why he’s so critical of the press
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Djsnskz
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Date: October 20, 2020 06:40PM
Fhsbsn Wrote:
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> Trump Wins Again Wrote:
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> > Looks like it worked...
> >
> >
> > (CN) — A survey released Tuesday shows
> > Americans’ trust of the news media is
> declining
> > even though they still see the institution as
> > invaluable to democracy, indicating growing
> > skepticism toward what many see as journalists
> > straying from objectivity in the internet age.
>
> >
> > The report assembled by Gallup and the Knight
> > Foundation surveyed 20,000 Americans as part of
> > the firms’ Trust, Media and Democracy series,
> > and it found that Americans are more
> pessimistic
> > than ever about a perceived lack of objectivity
> in
> > news coverage from a media apparatus driven by
> > barely concealed agendas.
> >
> > “With each passing benchmark study,” the
> > report said, “the American people render
> deeper
> > and increasingly polarized judgments about the
> > news media and how well it is fulfilling its
> role
> > in our democracy.”
> >
> > Even though the Knight/Gallup poll found 84% of
> > Americans say the news media is either critical
> or
> > very important for a functioning democracy, 49%
> of
> > those surveyed think the media is very biased
> and
> > roughly three-quarters believe the owners of
> media
> > companies are influencing coverage. The latter
> > statistic is up 5 percentage points since 2017.
> >
> > Fifty-four percent of people believe that
> > reporters intentionally misrepresent facts, and
> > 28% believe reporters make the facts up
> entirely,
> > the survey found.
>
> Yeah it worked but is it a good thing? He’s
> polarized the press to the extent that no one
> trusts anything; the government, media or
> neighbor. It’s had a terrible effect on this
> nation and is the reason we’re killing each
> other over through arguments about masks, race and
> climate change. Trump’s America sucks.
So yeah, Trump wins at the expense of everyone else losing. Shame on you for being proud of that character trait.