New Poll Shows Only 6% of People Trust The Mainstream MediaBy Joseph Jankowski And it is showing. Numbers released by Pew Research show that major news channels like CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are in a decline of prime time viewers. Even reporters within the major networks have admitted that the media has been corrupted by political and corporate interests. This is what former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson had to say: There is unprecedented, I believe, influence on the media, not just the news, but the images you see everywhere. By well-orchestrated and financed campaign of special interests, political interests and corporations. I think all of that comes into play. But if there was any indication that the mainstream press has no credibility and is on its way to extinction, this latest poll is it. From the Associated Press: Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans skepticism about what they read on social media. Just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence in the media, putting the news industry about equal to Congress and well below the publics view of other institutions. In this presidential campaign year, Democrats were more likely to trust the news media than Republicans or independents. Nearly 90 percent of Americans say its extremely or very important that the media get their facts correct, according to the study. About 4 in 10 say they can remember a specific incident that eroded their confidence in the media, most often one that dealt with accuracy or a perception that it was one-sided. The news media have been hit by a series of blunders on high-profile stories ranging from the Supreme Courts 2012 ruling on President Barack Obamas health care law to the Boston Marathon bombing that have helped feed negative perceptions of the media. In 2014, Rolling Stone had to retract a vivid report about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity party at the University of Virginia. The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, asked by Rolling Stone to investigate after questions were raised about the veracity of the story, called it an avoidable journalistic failure and another shock to journalisms credibility amid head-swiveling change in the media industry. There is only one thing that can save the mainstream media, and that is the truth. But the truth is not why networks like MSNBC exist. They exist to deceive and play lapdog for the establishment. More than ever the American people want the truth and accuracy when it comes to their news. This is why we are seeing a huge rise in alternative media. By just taking a look at the popular commercial web traffic data and analytics site, Alexa.com, we see that alternative news sites are ranking very high inside the United States and globally. The very popular and accurate selfnewsPost.com is ranked in the top 16,000 websites inside the United States and in the top 35,000 globally! Just to put that in perspective, there are over 1 billion websites in all globally. Considered to be the tip of the spear of the alternative news, Alex Joness Infowars.com is ranking in the top 1,200 websites in the U.S. and the top 3,200 globally! Alexa.com gathers data on a web pages daily unique visitors and daily pageviews. Another great example of alternative news rising to mainstream popularity is James Corbetts CorbettReport.com. This stunning website is ranking in the top 150,000 globally and in the top 60,000 in the U.S. There is only one way to conclude this article: Joseph Jankowski is a contributor for Planet Free Will.com. His works have been published by recognizable alternative news sites like GlobalResearch.ca, selfnewsPost.com and Intellihub.com. Follow Planet Free Will on Twitter @ twitter.com/PlanetFreeWill Rest in Pieces Corporate Media. The misinformation is almost as bad as the non-reporting of key news items. Nowadays I DVR the news and fast forward through everything except for the weather. However, with the non-stop chemtrails I cant even count on that anymore. This article tells us that 6% of our population are incurable idiots. GS 12 and higher, plus their shills Incurable idiots? Explain please Bureaucrat$. Doing a number: Which part of six percent eludes ye? The 52% who trust the MDM somewhat? Doth ye trust them somewhat, dale in the rough. Oh brainless troll, Gail in the buff There are two aspects to every force ; one is the positive, the other is the negative. Sometimes this duality which runs through everything is called masculine and feminine. Masculine corresponds to the positive, feminine to the passive or negative. The subjection and dethronement of the senses, and hence of the lower self, is not accomplished by a mere wish. the MSM zionists put up all those busy screens and talking heads are watched every night. (alas not by me). They are complete scripts from the AP (the official zionists fake news agency). The 6% are the paid for internet trolls. the paper of record must clear its editorial page with Bibi before going to print. Interesting to watch how much DISNFO even on FOX who continues to say Assad gassed his own people when the proof is that he didnt. The oft repeated lies are for the benefit of war profiteers. Same thing with vaccinations.their SPONSORS are drug companies. If they told the truth the war on drugs should start with prescriptions Lies be their prescriptions, Protocols their instructions The same hidden hands squeeze their slimy glands, whilst here in Afrique du Sud, they all Surve as presstitutes in the hood. You cannot both claim you are a leading media, as is claimed for activistpost, and that you are not part of the media that is distrusted. The claim that activistpost is both popular and accurate is itself inaccurate. The 90% of the media controlled by 6 corporations is a betrayal of journalistic standards. But so are 90% of the alternative websites, which also are corporate owned and use misleading headlines and sensationalistic claims to gain eyeballs to sell ads. And note the irony that over half of the above article quotes the mainstream media. The headline which says only 6% trust the media (outrageouslets read on) is also an example of WHY people mistrust the media, including activist post. I read the entire study and here is what I found: In this survey, for instance, 6 percent of people say they have a great deal of confidence in the press, 52 percent say they have only some confidence, and 41 percent say they hardly any confidence. So the truth is that the study found that 58% have some or a lot of confidence. This is the kind of omission of the whole truth which Orwell found to be more dangerous than an outright lie, since it is much harder to expose what is NOT reported than to challenge a stated claim. selfnewspost in this article demonstrates the very reasons why so many Americans have decreased trust in the media.what an irony! 6% of the population absolutely trust the media. That is what the article is getting at here. It points out at the mainstream media is dying and the new media is coming in. No ones saying you have to trust activist post or any other alt media, but the fact that the mainstream is losing trust and sites like this are getting popular is a big deal. The headline is a lie: New Poll Shows Only 6% Of People Trust The Mainstream Media. That is a distortion of the poll findings. It found that 58% have lots of or some confidence in the media. That is a far cry from the headline. I am pointing out that activistpost is creating a false impression and therefore, ironically, is part of why people are losing faith in the media.; The main reason is lies, and activist post no where states that 52% have some conidence in the media. The article is lie. Conidunce: Hmmm. The only reason stupid people are losing trust in the media is because moron sites like Fox News and Infowars and Breitbart have been shrieking at them for decades that theyre being lied to. There is no proof of that, no source for their screeds. Its just right-wing extremist news sources hammering people over and over with their lies that has caused this mistrust. The morons and conspiracy theorists are winning. But theyre not using facts to do it. Pathetic what our country has become. Sad. Note that the article condemns MSNBC for its obvious editorial slant, but says not a word about Fox News. Does anybody really believe that Fox is fair and balanced? The whole point of Fox and Friends is, in the words of the article, to deceive and play lapdog for the establishment. In their case, the Republican establishment. Its exactly why there an ongoing war between Fox and Trump. But that war is being dialed back, because Fox considers losing to the Democrats so horrific that it would rather deal with the devil they know than the truth. But truth has never been the highest priority for any of them. TV journalism started its decline when Larry Tisch took over CBS and put the News Division into Entertainment, which the other networks followed. TV News gets far too little money to do good reporting. They depend on others, thus are a secondary source. And they are, as the article points out, influenced by financial and political considerations. But alternative news websites are even worse. They have small budgets, dont do first-hand fact reporting, instead get their stuff from other sources, many of which are secondary themselves. They are, in fact, third rate operations which gratify the lust of partisans for red meat, with facts pounded on and molded into something they call truth. All of which is why I watch the BBC and the PBS News Hour. Now all we need do is convince that 94% to watch/read only the ALT media and shut off the money tap to the Lame Stream media. Story Link is DEAD decline of prime time viewers. Even less trust the government who sends the propaganda TO THE MEDIA that less than 6% BELIEVE. Turn off the news, the TV and the newspaper. They will get the message. They cannot give away newspapers now. Most of TV is gay indoctrination garbage or 60s TV. Some of that 60s TV is good stuff! I love The Beverly Hillbillies. Andy Griffith isnt bad either. Yes it is. Doesnt that speak volumes on the trash they now push? They ran out of ideas and recycle the good, old stuff with an updated version. Or it is all reality shows. Other than an agenda, they have zilch. But I saw the good old stuff the first time around. I saw the good old stuff the first time around too. But thats how I know its good stuff. This is why the establishment is trying hard to destroy the alternative media through bogus bills. They dont want the truth to be told. As far as im concerned, it has already been dead for a decade or more. I stopped reading or watching the MSM when I realized that it hadnt published any information on the Downing Street Papers. Now that was some time ago if you recall. I knew right away that the MSM could not be trusted to tell the truth and all of it. I dont miss being mislead and am perfectly happy with getting the news and all of it from alternate media! Let em die. Now if just 6% paid attention to them at all, we might get the 4th Estate we need. Only 6%?? Not lower?? If the majority of the people dont trust the mainstream media why do they keep watching Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, etc.? Could the reason be that theyre all a bunch a brainwashed idiots? Aside from the brainwash aspect, TV and movie addiction is slow suicide to the human soul (mind, will, emotions). People who allow themselves to become addicted to TV and movies are their own worst enemy Too high a percentage. Its gone waaaaay beyond mistrust That high?!?!!! media control One of the best shows these days is Crosstalk with Peter Lavelle on RT. Quite a large range of views. He does not deal with certain hot button issues, and, the rest of RT has some really lame shows, but Crosstalk is worth a watch quite often. Cant say the same of the lame stream legacy media monopoly. About the same rating as congress politics and media both mutually entwined and headed for the rocks. Most people have figured out now that the media has become the propaganda wing of government and corporate interests while politicians are nothing more than salesmen for the military industrial complex. Ive known it since 07 during Ron Pauls campaign but it didnt go mainstream until Trump and Sanders ran. Better late than never I guess, but RP would have restored the constitution and put America first he would have made us a good President had the media given him a fair shake. I love it that Trump has been able to weather this storm and thrive from the negativity RP couldnt do that. File under DUH 6.4% of the population actually do suffer from cognitive impairment. Only 6%, and they are all demented, 90 year old Faux News watchers! the american people are awake. thank God We should boycott all mainstream media, The 1st amendment has been infringed upon by the corporate globalists, They should be charged and imprisoned. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or Well from your writing Im guessing your a liberal. You believe everything youre told. My writing is a satire on your writing, which I am guessing is from a liberal-hating fascist. PS your judgement is weak: I am not a liberal. I have been a dissenter for over 60 years, a true skeptic. I have no master except the desire for the truth. You are full of false assumptionsempty,. which explains why you hide your You can obey your master. I dont have one. Herr Trump is happy to have you. NYC Tim the neighborhood idiot. Cry me a river you little boy. You lost you dont get a trophy or a safe space. I bet youre NYC liberal nose up in the air jerk off. You even replying after the beating the Democratic party took. My master I own my own business ,home and Democrats have done nothing but tax me and put restrictions on things. Youre not important and YOU LOST and I LOVE IT. Trump was best F U to the wacko liberals and establishment. TROLL TROLL Youre Rawwwssittt RAWWWSSSSIIITT No longer believe or listen to the news. They slant the truth, leave out stories that dont serve their agendas. There is complete bias in reporting and they never check their facts. Most of the news anchors have been caught in big lies. The news has turned into a cheap reality show. Media confidence is like a pregnancy test. There might be a 50 % chance of getting pregnant but the pregnancy itself is a yes or no answer. Its silly to add the might number to the misinformed 6 % that swallow the balderdash dished out by foolish loopies. Truth is, everyone has a bias. Problem with the media is they catered to the elite and lost the majority who are not. They became an arm of the government, receiving status, perks, money and their job done for them: talking points. Everyone got wind when they went station to station and heard the exact news, the exact phrases, the talking points. Those who won viewership were the little news outlets that gave us something we did not hear in the major ones. and the wikileaks that did what the media did not: Expose corruption big time. All those reporters who played the game were listed recently..a lot of pretty faces but soulless on the morals side. They got their stories or money to stop stories..and now they are known. CNN was one of the worst..with the most sold out reporters to do the bidding of the Clintons. After all, in an article in the New York Times, Hillary and Axelrod were quoted as wanting to get the media in line and frustrated that Fox News was not. Now Fox is in the elite machine I hear with its change in leadership. The media infotainment thought it reached its pinnacle with all hands on deck but they didnt know the ship was sinking. Wiki..leaks. hahahaha!) Im really quite surprised. I thought the number would be closer to zero. This is the tip of the proverbial iceberg, China has touted GLOBAL clampdown on net. 