"More Americans trust the Trump administration than trust the media for fair, full, and accurate facts"
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/trust-me-thursday-february-27-2025
In other words, out of U.S. adults surveyed, 44% said they trusted Trump a great deal or a fair amount, compared to only 28% with similar warm feelings for the media. Only 11% of Democrats trusted President Trump to tell the truth, which might actually be higher than I would have guessed. Republicans were not so miserly with the media, with 21% allowing that they trusted it to state the facts fully, accurately, and fairly.
But those media-trusting Republicans were confused; does ‘media’ include NewsMax?
Trump’s trust rating with independents and Republicans has steadily increased since the election. A similar poll in mid-November showed Trump about even with the media in reported trust. Since then, trust in Trump has surged, and trust in media has slid. Their Trump Derangement Syndrome, having finally gone dormant during the stupifying Biden era, has now come raging back, with sores and pus and who knows what else.
The shift is especially delicious because it’s happening despite non-stop, wall-to-wall negative Trump coverage.
The entire modern media-industrial complex is built on the assumption that media controls the narrative. If a majority of Americans trust Trump more than the media itself, that’s an apocalyptic development for the Fourth Estate. The media’s TDS is repulsive and obvious, and their polling proves it.
Do you think the media will try to fix it, or double down?
In related news, the BBC ran a hyperventilating story yesterday headlined, “Bezos focuses Washington Post opinion pages on free markets and liberties.” Amazon kingpin and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos announced yesterday that the newspaper's opinion section will now focus on supporting “personal liberties and free markets,” and pieces opposing those views will not be published.
