Overview:
Trust in the media is at an all-time low. So low that half of Americans now believe “news organizations deliberately mislead them,” according to a February 2023 poll conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation.
Just to be clear, the term “mainstream media” (MSM) refers to the majority of the left-leaning media that is owned by just six corporations as detailed in the overview. The MSM has such a monopoly on information, including censorship, that the right-leaning media has little power of persuasion. Therefore, when people voice their distrust in the media, they are generally referring to the mainstream media.
Why do so many Americans not trust the mainstream media? It is because there is no longer a distinct line between opinion and legitimate news. Opinion is often presented as facts when, instead, it is little more than the leftist talking points of the day.
Agenda over Truth
Myth: The mainstream media reports the news fairly in an objective and unbiased manner.
Fact: The mainstream media has become agenda driven; the agenda being the promotion of the Democrat Party and demeaning of the Republican Party. It has become little more than the propaganda and reelection-arm of the Democrat Party. More/Less…
The Biggest Source Of ‘Misinformation,’ Lies, And Delusion Is Leftist Corporate Media
American Media, Soviet Tactics. The job of a journalist is to report facts, add context where necessary, and leave it to the consumer to decide what to think. For the mainstream media, by the admission of some of their own people, it is their agenda that is important, not the facts.
What is fake news? Along with the fact that more than 90% of the media is owned by just six corporations, comprised of predominantly leftist ownership and journalists, their reporting is so consistently biased to the left that it can be considered basically leftist propaganda.
Can You Trust the Press? As conservatives have found alternative new sources, the mainstream media has double down on views and themes that appeal to their liberal constituency. A decline in reporting standards, decline in revenue and an increase in bias has left the MSM in search of clicks rather than truth.
In the mainstream media, women on the left are almost always portrayed as paragons of compassion and virtue. But when it comes to conservative women, it’s a different story. Why is there a double standard? Why does the MSM set out to silence, belittle and dismiss conservative women?
What about Joe Biden? There have been concerns over Joe’s corrupt family dealings since before he ran for President; however, this has been essentially ignored by the MSM.
America’s state media: The blackout on Biden corruption is truly ‘Pulitzer-level stuff’
ELECTION INTERFERENCE: Nine Big Biden Scandals the Networks Have Hidden
The discussion in this video perfectly sums up the MSM malfeasance that is covered in this entire Media topic. It discusses the election interference by the MSM, swaying the 2022 midterms towards the Democrats using intentional misinformation and lack of reporting to leave voters in the dark and interfere in our elections. The following issues are discussed:
How Joe Biden’s dishonesty and low moral character were covered by the MSM in his first two Presidential runs, but these same issues were not even mentioned before the 2020 election, along with the censorship of Hunter Biden’s laptop and other suspected corruption.
In the John Fetterman Senate Race in Pennsylvania, the MSM covered up his radical pro-criminal policies as the Chairman of the Board of Pardons.
The MSM failed to report on critical diesel fuel shortages, caused by Biden’s green policies, until right after the 2022 midterms. Diesel fuel is the lifeblood of the U.S. economy.
The MSM failed to report that Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan was likely unconstitutional and would not happen. Instead, Biden was able to “buy” votes from young voters thinking they were going to get free college.
Fact: The New York Times, once known as the “Paper of record,” has long been an untrustworthy news source. More/Less…
Can You Trust the New York Times? It is one of the most influential news sources in the world and hundreds of newspapers and news stations around the world follow its lead on a daily basis. The answer is NO, you cannot trust the NY Times. They have a long history (nearly 100 years) of major misreporting and inaccuracies, with catastrophic consequences, and have misled millions of people.
Here is a full length interview about the untrustworthiness of the NY Times: How Legacy Media Lied and Misinformed Us for Decades (59:22)
Fact: While the MSM has always leaned to the left, between the election of Barack Obama, who they treated with kid gloves because he was the first black President and a Democrat, and the election of Donald Trump, who they labeled an existential threat to America and henceforth attacked, smeared and vilified, the MSM has lost all objectivity. More/Less…
Russian Collusion and the Death of Journalism. The mainstream media abandoned all truth and objectivity in favor of a purely political agenda, that of destroying Donald Trump’s candidacy and then his Presidency, This marked the point of no return for their credibility.
How CBS and CNN went from reporting the news to distorting it
“Objectivity Has Got to Go”: News Leaders Call for the End of Objective Journalism
Reporters Are Still Pushing the False Claim Obama Had No Scandals
A Complete Guide to the Scandals of the Obama Administration
Obama Scandals that the mainstream media covers up or deny (22:21)
The MSM fawning and praise of President Obama (and Michelle)
Additional Links:
Afterburner: The Cost of Media Bias
Tim Groseclose—Media Bias (32.48) How liberal media bias distorts the American mind.
Additional Reading:
Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism. More/Less...
“When the facts don’t fit their Narrative, the media abandons the facts, not the Narrative. Virtually every piece of information you get through the media has been massaged, shaped, curated, and manipulated before it reaches you. Some of it is censored entirely. The news can no longer be counted on to reflect all the facts. Instead of telling us what happened yesterday, they tell us what’s new in the prepackaged soap opera they’ve been calling the news.”
“In his nearly thirty years at CBS News, Emmy Award winner Bernard Goldberg earned a reputation as one of the preeminent reporters in the television news business. When he looked at his own industry, however, he saw that the media far too often ignored their primary mission: to provide objective, disinterested reporting. Again and again he saw that the news slanted to the left. For years, Goldberg appealed to reporters, producers, and network executives for more balanced reporting, but no one listened. The liberal bias continued.”
The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote. More/Less...
“Behind most major political stories in the modern era, there is an agenda; an effort by opposition researchers, spin doctors, and outside interests to destroy an idea or a person. The tactic they use is the Smear. Every day, Americans are influenced by the Smear without knowing it. Paid forces cleverly shape virtually every image you cross. The trick of the Smear is that it is often based on some shred of truth, but these media-driven "hit pieces" are designed to obscure the truth. Success hinges on the Smear artist’s ability to remain invisible; to make it seem as if their work is neither calculated nor scripted. It must appear to be precisely what it is not.”
A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media. More/Less...
“Never in my memory were so many journalists so intent on effecting change as they were during the campaign of 2008. Sure, mainstream journalists always root for the Democrat. But this time it was different. This time journalists were not satisfied merely being partisan witnesses to history. This time they wanted to be real players and help determine the outcome. This time they were on a mission, a noble, historic mission, as far as they were concerned. In fact, I could not remember a time when so many supposedly objective reporters had acted so blatantly as full-fledged advocates for one side--and without even a hint of embarrassment. ...Make no mistake: this is not the same old liberal bias we have witnessed for years. In 2008, the mainstream media crossed a line. As a result, their credibility is in tatters. Hardly anyone trusts them anymore.”