(01-13-2018 10:58 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  It may, but this isn't the story or study to suggest that. What it does suggest is that the population doesn't trust it for various reasons.

But, I'm not sure Americans want fair media in the first place, we want favorable media. We also want it to be enjoyable, both for the headlines and for the reactions.

There are good people/organizations in American news, but they tend to end up staying small and see their job prospects getting smaller and smaller because the public doesn't want to hear or read what they have to say.

Honestly, I don't really care if a news organization is slanted one way or the other. Where I have heartburn is that they don't make it known up-front and pretend as though they are neutral. Go ahead and cater to an audience, just knock off the false advertising.

I guess it's why Hannity or Maddow don't bother me much as they really aren't pretending to be "reporters of the news".