Desi at Mia Culpa linked to a very intriguing Zogby study on trustworthiness. Some highlights:
o 59% of respondents have a negative view of the current state of honesty in the US.
o 75% say they have less trust in their government than they did five years ago, and only 8% say more. (Interesting choice of timeframe there)
o 24% give the President a favorable rating for trustworthiness. The courts get 29%, the media 11%, and Congress... 3%. Ouch.
o This one is mystifying. Favorable ratings for various types of media, in ascending order:
Internet: 19%
Newspapers: 25%
Broadcast TV: 25%
Cable TV: 65%
SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT????
What. The. Bloody. Hell. I was starting to feel, well, kind of optimistic up to that point.
I'm full of tinier media!!!
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8 comments:
I heard Rush "limpaugh" twist the low approval rating for Congress into a jab at the Demarcates minority. Pitiful.
Cable TV: 65%
CNN -- the most trusted name in news.
I think that might be what most people think of when they talk about 'Cable TV'. Back in the day when CNN *could* be trusted.
Yah, probably right. And anyone watching Fox News is probably pretty well brainwashed.
Sigh.
Buck up, little camper -- Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert also qualify as "Cable TV" don't they?
the day to day stuff is atrocious on cable. maybe the 65% is people responding favorably to specific crisis reporting, a la tsunami and katrina coverage.
I don't get why internet and cable are at opposite ends.
Kinda baffles me too, really. I think flory's on to something, though.
Or else people actually think that because Fox *says* it's "fair and balanced", that it actually *is* fair and balanced...
I don't get why internet and cable are at opposite ends.
Let's face it, most people don't have any direct experience of internet news sources. Their knowledge of internet news has been got from cable teebee and newspaper reports. And they're not exactly complimentary towards the internets.
Blogger ethics panels, anyone?
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