Public trust in media falls to historic low

Published September 14, 2016 7:11pm ET



According to a new Gallup poll, fewer than one-in-three Americans say they have a great deal or fair amount of “trust and confidence” in the mass media.

That’s the lowest point since Gallup started asking the public about trust in media in 1972. It’s been 13 years since more than half of Americans said they had trust and confidence in the media.

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