Color me surprised - NOT!
From
Gallup:
Americans' Confidence in Newspapers Continues to Erode
The percentage of Americans saying they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers has been generally trending downward since 1979, when it reached a high of 51%.
Newspapers rank near the bottom on a list of 16 societal institutions Gallup measured in a June 1-4 survey. Television news is tied with newspapers on the list, with 23% of Americans also expressing confidence in it. That is up slightly from the all-time low of 21% found last year. The only institutions television news and newspapers beat out this year are big business, organized labor, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), and Congress.
The newspaper story is bad enough but I love who they beat out. Congress has a 10% confidence rating. Organized Labor has 20%.
Pure schadenfreude...
Posted by DaveH at June 19, 2013 1:40 PM