A recent Gallup poll shows American’s belief that newspapers, TV and radio report “the news fully, accurately, and fairly” is back at its previous all-time low of 40 percent.
Up until 2003, about half of Americans polled trusted what the the media was telling them. That trust took a big hit in 2004 and seemed to rebound in 2005, but instead has slowly eroded since then.
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Even trust among Democrats, who traditionally have more confidence in the media than their counterparts, has dropped to a 14-year low of 54 percent. Republican and Independents, however, stand firm in their overall mistrust, with Republicans staying below the 40 percent mark since 2004 and Independents meeting them there in 2009. You can see that graphic after the jump.
