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Trust in news media on steep decline : New poll

By Kevin OKeefe

The day may come when Americans trust bloggers more than the main stream media. May be the day's already here. Less than 20% of Americans believe what they hear from news media. That's down 25% from 2003 according to a new Sacred Heart University poll. Americans gave the national news media poor ratings in six different areas measured. The average positive ratings were: Quality of reporting ? 40.7 percentAccuracy of reporting ? 36.9 percentKeeping any personal bias out of stories ? 33.3 percentFairness ? 31.3 percentPresenting an even balance of views ? 30.4 percentPresenting negative and positive news equally ? 27.5 percent For folks who believe bloggers try to sway public opinion, the media is viewed as doing the same. 87.6 percent of Americans believe media try to sway public opinion, up from 79...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on January 19, 2008 (boomark / email).