New polling shows that less than half of the public trusts traditional news media, which represents an all-time low.
According to a barometer published by Axios, just 46% of people trust traditional news media, and trust in social media has plummeted to 27%.
Additionally, 56% of the poll respondents said they agreed with the statement, "Journalists and reporters are purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations."
More than half, 58%, of people believe that "most news organizations are more concerned with supporting an ideology or political position than with informing the public."
The decreasing numbers were not only present in the United States. The barometer showed that the “numbers are echoed across the rest of the world.”
The results reinforce other recent polling that shows Americans have lost a significant amount of faith in traditional media. A Gallup poll conducted in September of last year showed that 86% of Americans consider the media as being biased.
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