Report: Distrust of Media Reaches All-Time High

According to a report by Axios, the distrust in the mainstream media has reached an all-time high as 56 percent of Americans believe that journalists are intentionally attempting to mislead the public.

The data that Axios is reporting on is collected by Edelman, an agency that shares their data exclusively with Axios. Edelman also found that 58 percent of Americans believe news media would rather push an ideology than inform the public.

“56% of Americans agree with the statement that "Journalists and reporters are purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations." https://t.co/2xlXr0R1qU

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) January 21, 2021

Edelman also found that trust in the media is down across all parties as 57 percent of Democrats now trust the media along with 18 percent of Republicans.

Trust in social media has hit a low of 27 percent.

For the first time ever, fewer than half of all Americans have trust in traditional media, according to data from Edelman's annual trust barometer. https://t.co/hHLqLlIwcb

— Axios (@axios) January 21, 2021

According to the data, there are a higher percentage of people who trust their public officials (28%) than the media (21%).

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