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Americans' trust in media plummets to historic low: poll American's trust in media has fallen to a historic low, according to new polling from Gallup.....Why it matters: Trust in media had previously dropped to 32% in 2016 before rebounding slightly. Those gains have essentially been wiped out, according to the poll.....Details: Only 32% of the population reports having "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of confidence that the media reports the news in a full, fair and accurate way....The only other time in recent history that trust has fallen to 32% was in 2016. A record-high number of Americans (39%), say they don't trust the media at all. That number has steadily increased since 2018.....Be smart: Much of the sentiment dip is driven by Democrats and Independents, whose collective trust in media has plummeted 18 and 13 percentage points, respectively, from their 2018 peaks. Younger Democrats, in particular, tend to be much less trusting of the media, according to Gallup data....Republicans' trust in media is still near an all-time low. https://www.axios.com/2023/10/24/americans-trust-in-media-plummets-to-historic-low-poll Trust in media is so low that half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them .....Half of Americans in a recent survey indicated they believe national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform or persuade the public to adopt a particular point of view through their reporting.....The survey, released Wednesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, goes beyond others that have shown a low level of trust in the media to the startling point where many believe there is an intent to deceive.....Asked whether they agreed with the statement that national news organizations do not intend to mislead, 50% said they disagreed. Only 25% agreed, the study found. Similarly, 52% disagreed with a statement that disseminators of national news “care about the best interests of their readers, viewers and listeners,” the study found. It said 23% of respondents believed the journalists were acting in the public’s best interests.....“That was pretty striking for us,” said Sarah Fioroni, a consultant for Gallup. The findings showed a depth of distrust and bad feeling that go beyond the foundations and processes of journalism, she said..... “Americans don’t seem to think that the national news organizations care about the overall impact of their reporting on the society,” .....In one small consolation, in both cases Americans had more trust in local news.....The ability of many people to instantly learn news from a device they hold in their hand, the rapid pace of the news cycle and an increased number of news sources would indicate that more Americans are on top of the news than ever before.....Like with many other studies, Knight and Gallup found Democrats trust news more than Republicans. Over the past five years, the level of distrust has particularly spiked among independents. Overall, 55% of respondents said there was a great deal of political bias in coverage, compared to 45% in 2017. In a picture of how people get their news, 58% said online, 31% said television, 7% said radio and 3% mentioned printed newspapers or magazines.....For members of Gen Z, aged 18- to 25-years-old, 88% said they got their news online, the survey found.... https://fortune.com/2023/02/15/trust-in-media-low-misinform-mislead-biased-republicans-democrats-poll-gallup/

ABC’s ‘biased’ coverage on Israel-Hamas conflict sparks ‘dozens of complaints’ ....Sky News host Sharri Markson has criticised the ABC’s “biased” coverage on the Israeli-Hamas conflict....ABC’s latest 'Behind the News' tried to explain the Israel and Hamas war to primary and high school students....Ms Markson said there was only just “one mention of terrorism” in ABC’s coverage.....“That one-sided coverage has sparked dozens of complaints,” she said. https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/sharri-markson/abcs-biased-coverage-on-israelhamas-conflict-sparks-dozens-of-complaints