The Media’s Campaign of Misinformation — Trust in the Media Remains at an All Time Low

A new study by the Knight Foundation and Gallup Poll reveals that Americans’ trust in the media is at an all-time low. The Attorney General of the United States, William Barr, agrees, stating in an interview with Mark Levin that the media is “projecting a narrative” to fit its own agenda.

The summer of 2020 has been dominated by news of the coronavirus pandemic and then the protests, rioting and looting that broke out in response to the death of George Floyd. For the 20,000 Americans who participated in the polling conducted by Gallup and Knight, the desire for news remains high, but the trust of that news has plummeted to an all-time low.

According to the survey, there is a “deepening pessimism and further partisan entrenchment about how the news media delivers on its democratic mandate for factual, trustworthy information…As such, Americans have not only lost confidence in the ideal of an objective media, they believe news organizations actively support the partisan divide.”