This chart says so much. According to a new Gallup poll, trust in the media is plummeting for all partisan groups and the media does not seem to be even trying to earn it back.
The chart shows that the pandemic was good for Democrats’ trust in the media. Trust skyrocketed to all-time highs during Covid lockdowns and vaccine mandates but even Democrats can’t answer for those things any more and many must be wondering why the media did not report the pandemic honestly. Is there another plausible explanation on this drop?
Republicans have pretty much given up on the media altogether. 12% is pitiful but it is up from the all-time low of 10% in 2020. Do you see it ever recovering?
This same poll shows that people under 50 have the lowest trust in the media. It also shows that Americans trust the media less than any branch of government.
