Examples Of Distrust In The Media

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PRESENATATION OF DATA Gallup a survey company conducted an analysis on Americans' distrust in the media. The result showed that in the year 2012, it hit to a new high, with 60% saying they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. Distrust is up from the past few years, when Americans were already more negative about the media than they had been in years prior to 2004. The record distrust in the media, based on a survey conducted Sept. 6-9, 2012, also means that negativity toward the media is at an all-time high when election happens. This reflects the continuation of a pattern in which negativity increases every election year compared with the year prior. The current gap between negative

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