Poynter releases new study examining trust in the media

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Remarkable numbers. 31% of Americans agree with Trump’s claim that the media are an “enemy of the people,” 25% endorse draconian limitations on press freedom (like allowing the government to block news stories it sees as biased or inaccurate).

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Poynter releases new study examining trust in the media

BY THE POYNTER INSTITUTE · DECEMBER 4, 2017

The Poynter Institute released original public opinion research today that indicates overall trust and confidence in the media has increased since President Trump took office to the highest levels observed since the 2001 terrorist attacks, though the president’s war of words on the press appear to have exacerbated partisan divisions in attitudes toward the press.

Based on responses from 2,100 survey participants whose news consumption habits were tracked in November, Republicans have vastly more negative views of the press than do Democrats, and are more likely to support restrictions on press freedom. While Democrats with high political knowledge say they have the most faith in the press, Republicans with high political knowledge are the most distrustful of the media — more so than Republicans with low political knowledge. ... Republicans and Trump supporters are also far more likely to endorse extreme claims about media fabrication, to describe journalists as an “enemy of the people,” and to support restrictions on press freedom.

Almost half of Americans — 44 percent — indicate that they believe the news media fabricates stories about President Trump more than once in awhile, and a substantial minority also indicate that they agree with a claim that President Trump made that the media are an “enemy of the people” (31 percent) and “keep political leaders from doing their job” (31 percent). One in four Americans surveyed (25 percent) endorses draconian limitations on press freedom (allowing the government to block news stories it sees as biased or inaccurate).
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The findings are being released today at the inaugural Poynter Journalism Ethics Summit, “The Press and The President: Trust and the Media in a New Era.” The summit, hosted in Washington, D.C., is the first annual journalism ethics event planned by Poynter and its Newmark Chair in Journalism Ethics Indira Lakshmanan, a columnist for The Boston Globe who has been a Washington, national political and foreign correspondent for Bloomberg, the Globe, NPR and others. The summit is sponsored by Craig Newmark Philanthropies and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
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[True Dough]

1. Pretty consistent with his base

Both in the neighborhood of 30%. Very likely, the deplorables that support Trump are willing to do away with the 1st amendment.

[marble falls]

2. I trusted the press untill they gave wonderful coverage to Trump and none to Clinton.

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. So the anti-gobmint voters support the idea of the gobmint blocking news stories they don't like?

Once again we can flip the narrative and ask..."What opinion they'd have if it were still Obama and Democrats in charge?"