MOST FOLKS STILL DON'T TRUST THE MEDIA….

Now if I was a betting man, I'd be willing to bet that most Americans, or at least most sane Americans, are of the opinion that they just don't feel as if they can actually trust many of the "enlightened" characters, those faux journalists, who comprise today's "mainstream" media. And low and behold out comes a new little poll from those folks over at Gallup that pretty much bares that out. You see, according to the poll, to which I refer, a majority of Americans do not have much confidence that today's mass media actually has the desire to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. The 44% of Americans who, for whatever bizarre reason, do have a great deal or fair amount of trust are pretty significantly outnumbered by the 55% of us who say that they have little or no trust in the ability our state-controlled media to accurately report the news. And that number remains among the most negative views Gallup has measured. When you look at those who are essentially the faces of today's media conglomerate that really should come as no surprise.

The majority of Americans, that is 60 percent of us, also continue to perceive some level of bias in how the news is presented, with 47% saying the media is too liberal and 13% saying it is too conservative, on par with what Gallup found just last year. The percentage of Americans who say the media is "just about right" edged up to 36% this year but remains in the range Gallup has found historically. Partisans, as I supposed it should be expected, continue to perceive the media very differently. Seventy-five percent of Republicans and conservatives say the media is too liberal. Democrats and liberals, on the other hand, tend to lean more toward saying the media is "just about right," at 57% and 42%, respectively. And that little factoid alone, should tell you all that you really need to know. So-called moderates and independents diverge, however, with 50% of independents saying the media are too liberal and 50% of moderates saying they are just about right. Talk about a confused demographic.


So now we have further proof that Americans remain largely distrusting of the news media, with 55% saying they have little or no trust in the media to report the news free of any bias, and 60% perceiving bias one way or the other. These views are largely steady compared with last year, even as the media landscape continues to change. In a report released Thursday, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found record-high negativity toward the media on 9 of 12 core measures it tracks. These measures may help explain some of the underlying negativity, though Gallup does not find sharp changes in overall views of the media this year compared with last. The types of media one consumes likely play a role in one's overall perceptions, and Gallup is planning more research in this area. Sadly, there are very few places, today, where people can go to get the unvarnished truth when it comes to searching out useful information. There seems to be very little interest coming from those who should care the most, in simply putting out information free of any influence. Everyone seems to feel the need to put their own unique spin on things.


I do think it very safe to say that the media took a pretty major credability hit when it attempted, and some would argue succeeded, to influence how many Americans came to perceive Barry "Almighty." They did exert a great deal of pressure in their attempt to sell Barry to the people, going to great lengths to keep well under wraps many items of interests that may have served to adversely effect the opinion people would have when looking more closely at Barry. The many questionable associations from his past, his obviously radical preacher of 20 years, his actions as a "community agitator," plus his records as far as a birth certificate and college records were all keep covered by a shroud of secrecy with questioners being told they were simply not relevant. But when deciding who it is that will be the next leader of your country, as we have now found out after the fact, there is nothing that should be considered as not being relevant. Because, I also think it fair to say, that if more people had possessed just a bit more knowledge about the man they were voting for, much of what has happened over the course of the 3 years would have been averted. But they didn't, and they haven't been.