Trust in News Media Falls to New Low in Pew Survey
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
By Laura Reid
According to recent research, trust in news media is declining. Those surveyed said that the news is becoming more inaccurate and reporters are becoming more biased in their stories.
Credibility in the news world was up in the 80s and 90s, but the surveyers have said that the news media are not getting the facts straight. These research came from being asked the same questions that were presented to the surveyers in the past decades.
Negative opinions about the news have grown, but the Democrats have jumped the most in their dislike of how the news is being portrayed.
The news industry has really been hurting and I think this is just adding to it. But I think this is a big component for the continuing decline of newspapers. Without trust in the news, there would be no point in trying to expand readership. Without accurate reporting, why would anyone want to believe a reporter, whether it is in print or online? Maybe the newspaper companies should focus on accurate news reporting before complaining that their readership is down.
3 comments:
I agree, the real issue at hand is trustworthy reporting, the focus should be on the decline of true facts and stories.
My last blog talked about how CNN basically made up a news story about how there were suspicious watercraft that the Coast Guard was trying to fend off. It turned out that they were basing this story off of pure observation, not facts, and had the whole east coast scared of more terrorist attacks. This is just one more incident where news is becoming very untrustworthy, and that is sad.
This is a very true statement. It is hard to trust what is being relayed to us, since we don't know if it is really true or not. If something really big happens, then they continue to play and comment on it, no matter if the news has changed or not. I think the news companies need to take a step back and look at how they are reporting and how they are getting their information, because it is just going to keep on getting worse from here.
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