Americans Hate Media a Little Less Than Last Year

Good news, journalists! Americans no longer have an all-time low opinion of your work. Instead, according to a new Gallup poll, 44 percent say that they have “a great deal” or “fair amount” of trust and confidence in mass media. That’s up from last year’s 40 percent, the lowest it had ever been since Gallup began tracking media confidence in 1997. So pat yourself on the back! You are officially slightly less terrible.