'A devastating reality': Poll on which industries have gained or lost public trust during coronavirus pandemic hits the media right between the eyes

Doug P. | 11:12 AM on July 30, 2020

The media are all about polls these days, but here’s one that you won’t be seeing mentioned on the network nightly newscasts or trumpeted by many cable news outlets:

Can anyone honestly doubt journalism has lost its way? This new @HarrisPoll poll (via @axios) shows airlines as the only industry that's lost more public approval than the media since the start of the COVID epidemic. pic.twitter.com/vEjwhcDMtc

— David Martosko (@dmartosko) July 30, 2020

The media’s way down there:

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The behavior of much of the media this year (and well before) has been nothing short of disgraceful:

advocates posing as journalists have ruined the profession.

-Editors have failed to hold advocates to account.
-Young reporters don’t feel like they need to call the people they write about.
-Reposting/repackaging others’ stories is routine.
-anonymous quotes overused https://t.co/UJvZASX2Sg

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) July 30, 2020

Banks, Hollywood and THE OIL COMPANIES are all up in their public approval numbers during the pandemic; the media is down.

Journalists, I beg you, look inward. https://t.co/1OkGdAYDT0

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 30, 2020

A devastating reality that demands serious self-analysis from reporters. https://t.co/WC3OKq3zlM

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) July 30, 2020

It’s a certainty that many in the media will blame the lost of public approval on Trump for calling them “fake news.” But in reality some self-awareness among many “journalists” is desperately needed: