Poll: US news media trust falling

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=138760&sectionid=3510203


A new poll in the United States has shown that three-quarters of Americans do not trust the country's newspapers and television news.

The findings are from Gallup's annual Confidence in Institutions survey published on Friday, which has found that 75 percent of the respondents do not have confidence in newspapers, with 78 percent distrusting television news.

The Gallup surveyed 1,020 people on 16 US institutions and gave an error margin of four percentage points.

The dismal results showed that the American near-record low confidence in news media came ahead of Health Management Organizations and big business.

The survey found the military rated best and US Congress rated worst out of the 16 institutions tested.

Although no more than one-quarter of Americans trust the struggling news media, the greatest confidence in newspapers --49 percent-- ironically came from young people aged 18-29, which Gallup linked to the fact that young people tended to be more confident in institutions in general.

There is a dramatic decline in confidence, however, as Americans get older with only 19 percent of people aged 30-49 trusting newspapers.

Experts say the US media are not gaining new fans as Americans continue to express low confidence in line with a steady slide over the past two decades.

Why is Hugo Chavez Considered an Enemy?

August 4th, 2007
By: Stewart Brennan
I’ll take What’s Behind Door Number 2

I really do not understand why Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is considered an enemy? I also do not buy into what people are being told about him in the mainstream media. The media in the USA do NOT cover a story from a neutral point of view. I would also state the same thing with regards to Fidel Castro, and Mr. Ahmednijad of Iran.

The three names above have been made into enemies by “The National Endowment for Democracy N.E.D.)” A C.I.A. secret group and rabid dog of the “Council on Foreign Relations (C.F.R.)”

The American News Media spits out propagated information that Americans take as the truth and then echo the propaganda to confirm that American News did its job. When people say that these three men are the enemy, they are confirming that the plan of the ruling elite worked and that they do not have the will or mental capacity to do the research.

If you really want the truth…LOOK…IT…UP! Wikipedia has good information on Hugo Chavez mostly because he is an active character in our Internet generation. The Internet is the people’s only medium of free speech so use it to research and question everything you hear that comes from the newspaper’s Ten Commandments or the Gospel according to Television.

The three men above resisted American Imperial domination, and were demonized for it. They took action. What did Chavez do exactly? Well he brought Freedom to his people! He cut the chains of grotesque poverty where 9 out of 10 had nothing and the 1 out of 10 owned everything and were connected to US Imperial corporations. The wealth of Venezuela was being stolen and not one cent was going back to its people, with the exception of the people in charge of the government, banks and corporations which were tied to US interests.

I will tell you this much, I like Hugo Chavez! I think he should be given the Nobel Peace Prize! He is an elected President of the people from Venezuela. I will not write about what he has done for his people because I think that everyone should look it up on the internet! I will defend him with the policies that he HAS enacted for his people. Besides, he called George Bush a “Devil” and what is wrong with that? I have more colorful words for George Bush, but being a civilized person, I will not print them here. If the choice is American Imperialism behind door number one, and freedom behind door number two, I'll take whats behind door number two.

Stewart
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