Matt Taibbi
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 28 Jul
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This is a—Douglas was writing about this years ago.
Yeah, well, anyway.
I think it's a little odd to give yourself credit for a story that... I didn't write it.
All right, fine.
Look, tonight we talked a lot about...
whether or not you should trust the mainstream media.
But for the business, there's a more urgent question, which is, do people trust the mainstream media?
And we already have an answer.
This is the headline from a recent Gallup trusted media survey.
Americans' trust in media remains near record low.
Washington, D.C.
dateline.
At 34%, Americans trust in mass media to report the news, quote, fully, accurately, and fairly.
It's essentially unchanged from last year and just two points higher than the lowest that Gallup has recorded in 2016 during the presidential campaign.
Just 7% of Americans have a great deal of trust and confidence in media, and 27% have a fair amount.
Meanwhile, 28% of US adults say they do not have much confidence, and 38% have none at all in newspapers, TV, and radio.
Notably, this is the first time that the percentage of Americans with no trust at all in media is higher than the percentage with a great deal or a fair amount combined.
So...
Whatever the reason, mainstream media has an enormous trust problem.
And it's doing an ostrich act.
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