55% say media are ‘corrupt’ and ‘exaggerate’ news

Published January 22, 2020 11:00am ET



It’s been a tough few days for the news media, having exaggerated the involvement of white supremacists and haters at the gun rally in Richmond, Virginia, hyping impeachment coverage, and watching in dismay as level-headed Arizona Sen. Martha McSally called a CNN reporter a “liberal hack.”

And now, there’s a survey that shows just how much confidence in the news media consumers have lost, a trend started decades ago but supercharged since the 2016 election.

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