Maybe it’s the softball questions lofted to top administration officials. It could have been the applause and laughter from reporters that greeted President Joe Biden at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner when he bragged about ignoring them.
Whatever it is, more and more people are growing impatient and distrustful of the stories coming out of Washington.
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In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, for example, 52% of likely voters said that they don’t trust the political news that the industry is serving up. Just 30% do trust the news.
And one reason may be the left-wing bias they see in those stories. An equal 52% said that the media favors Democrats by more than 2-1.
The survey is similar to some that continue to ask if, as former President Donald Trump once said, the media is the enemy of the people.
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In the new survey, more agreed that it is. Rasmussen said that 59% agree that the media are “truly the enemy of the people.”
It’s universal, said the pollster. “Majorities of every racial category — 58% of whites, 51% of black voters and 68% of other minorities — at least somewhat agree that the media are ‘the enemy of the people,’” said the analysis shared with Secrets.
