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The Washington Examiner, using the provocative headline “Fishwrap: Just 2% of younger Americans trust media to ‘do the right thing,’” reports media limps in dead last among institutions younger voters trust. The Examiner cites a new Harvard University survey.
In the school’s Institute of Politics poll of over 3,000 18-29-year-olds, a miniscule 12 percent said they believe the media do the right thing. A whopping 88 percent said “sometimes” or “never.” Just 2 percent said they trusted the media to do the right thing “all of the time,” and 39 percent said “never.”
Here in Arizona, the daily statewide newspaper (the Periódico de la República de Arizona /Arizona Republic) is an agenda driven, far-left structure, teamed with the local Gannett owned NBC affiliate KPNX News 12. With all pretenses gone, they are now housed in the same building, facilitating their ability to use one another to substantiate their own skew. This dual deception would be an engrossing study if not for the fact that, working in tandem, they foist the their pet issues on an often unsuspecting consumer base, who trust that the once noble profession of journalism still exists.
The poll results, best to worst:
Q – How often do you trust each of them to do the right thing?
1 – Scientists
— All/Most 56%
— Sometimes/Never 44%
2 – The United States military
— All/Most 53%
— Sometimes/Never 46%
3 – Your local police department
— All/Most 49%
— Sometimes/Never 50%
4 – Supreme Court
— All/Most 42%
— Sometimes/Never 58%
5 – United Nations
— All/Most 37%
— Sometimes/Never 62%
6 – President Obama
— All/Most 36%
— Sometimes/Never 63%
7 – Your local government
— All/Most 33%
— Sometimes/Never 67%
8 – Your state government
— All/Most 30%
— Sometimes/Never 69%
9 – Federal government
— All/Most 26%
— Sometimes/Never 74%
10 – Congress
— All/Most 18%
— Sometimes/Never 82%
11 – Wall Street
— All/Most 14%
— Sometimes/Never 86%
12 – The media
— All/Most 12%
— Sometimes/Never 88%