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Trust In Media At All Time Low: Majority Believe Reporters Purposefully Trying To Mislead People

Ashe Schow
Trust In Media At All Time Low: Majority Believe Reporters Purposefully Trying To Mislead People
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Each year, the American people seem to trust the media less and less.

This year’s annual survey from Edelman shows trust in traditional media and social media are at all-time lows. The annual trust barometer, shared exclusively with Axios, found fewer than half of Americans trust traditional media for the first time since the survey began. From Axios (emphasis original):

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