[WASHINGTON] Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed on Monday. Read more at The Business Times.
Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as "fake news."[WASHINGTON] Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed on Monday.
Nearly two-thirds say it is hard to tell the difference between what is true and false when they hear elected officials, and almost half said the same about information they encounter on social media. "They believe that distrust gets in the way of solving some pressing problems, that it flows from a broken political culture and that it keeps neighbours apart.
Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as"fake news."
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