Mr. Speaker, Americans' trust in the media has hit a historic low, according to a recent Gallup poll. Gallup found that only 32 percent of Americans have a great deal or even fair amount of confidence in the media to present the news fully, accurately, and fairly. This represents an 8 point drop from just a year ago. It also is the lowest level of trust in the media that Gallup has ever recorded since it first asked the question 46 years ago. Republicans' trust in media has dropped from 32 percent a year ago to 14 percent today. This is ``easily the lowest confidence among Republicans in 20 years,'' says Gallup. Trust in the media among Democrats and Independents fell as well. The historic distrust of the media will continue until the media stops telling Americans what to think. ____________________
On the recordSeptember 22, 2016
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