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DamianTV
06-20-2013, 09:27 AM
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/309797.html

The results are in: virtually no one trusts the scripted mainstream media. We’ve known it for years, but a new Gallup poll shows that a whopping 77% of Americans distrust mainstream media television.


Only a bit more ‘trustworthy’ than Congress, which scored in at a record low of 90% saying they do not trust the government body, the Gallup poll details that only 23% of viewers actually trust the mainstream media television news.


A reality that has been clear as day in light of blatant mainstream media blackouts on key events like the outrageous DHS ‘Fourth Amendment free‘ zones that stretch up to 100 miles out from every single border of the US, to the blackout over eyewitness reports at the Boston Marathon.


The mainstream media is on its last breath, and they are already scurrying to secure phony ‘alternative news’ websites in a bid to stay afloat, but the new era of news 2.0 is already here. And in this new paradigm of content consumption, reality is king. We’re talking about a model in which one person with a smart phone can generate millions of views on YouTube by filming a protest or civil rights violation. No longer are people required to tune into their nightly news programs to hear the ‘latest’ news.


Today, instant aggregation exists on platforms like Drudge Report, and exclusive news leaks are available here at Storyleak - many of which are exclusives that the mainstream media wishes they could get their hands on.


One such example is the Boston Marathon bombing witness I referenced earlier, who happened to call me back over the multitudes of mainstream press agencies that had been desperately trying to get a hold of him. But what happened when I got the exclusive interview and offered them the ability to utilize the video? Well, they declined of course.


The mainstream media is afraid of the new media, they are afraid of you. If one man or woman will a smart phone can change history, that is a scary thought for the political control freaks who seek to censor you at every turn. The new era of news consumption has arrived, and it’s time to kick the mainstream media out for good.


Keep up the good work people! Trust is something they need to earn. So when local tv stations drop the mantra of "Where News Comes First", you know they arent serious about earning your trust.

TheTexan
06-20-2013, 09:50 AM
MSM is literally a mouthpiece for the gov. The gov gives them content they want to run, and the MSM runs it almost word for word. This is how they stay in business...

torchbearer
06-20-2013, 10:10 AM
i'm on the gallup panel. guess how i answered those questions.

Bern
06-20-2013, 10:16 AM
From September 2010 (for perspective):
http://sas-origin.onstreammedia.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/lztfj7_rhu28bf6xn8jbmw.gif

http://www.gallup.com/poll/143267/Distrust-Media-Edges-Record-High.aspx

77% is roughly 20% more than the historical norm.

Bern
06-20-2013, 10:24 AM
Found a more recent chart from last year:

http://sas-origin.onstreammedia.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/w_k9jssqk06nulsqorzbsw.gif

http://www.gallup.com/poll/157589/distrust-media-hits-new-high.aspx

torchbearer
06-20-2013, 10:28 AM
jumped 17 points in a year? wow.

tangent4ronpaul
06-20-2013, 11:37 AM
MSM is literally a mouthpiece for the gov. The gov gives them content they want to run, and the MSM runs it almost word for word. This is how they stay in business...

A good way to drive this home would be to do a "Max Headstrom"(sp?) style video of different media outlets spouting the EXACT SAME WORDS followed by that snippet of Greenwald calling them on it. Even better would be if we could find said talking points on WH Press office stationary that could be displayed and downloaded.

:D

-t

CPUd
06-20-2013, 11:43 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYdpOjletnc

nbruno322
06-20-2013, 03:40 PM
That's what the MSM gets for having Piers Morgan cut off Daniel Ellsberg for f&*%&* Paris Hilton.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?418600-*Video*-Glenn-Greenwald-MSM-Interviews-6-18-and-6-17

Michigan11
06-20-2013, 06:40 PM
Strange how the msm destroys itself I'm thinking. Why?

malkusm
06-20-2013, 06:47 PM
I don't care about opinion polls. Opinion polls for Congress have been terrible for the last decade, and when it comes down to it, people re-elect the incumbents 80%+ of the time.

Have their ratings taken a hit corresponding to this change in "opinion"? That's the only way I'll believe there's really change in the mentality of the general public.

anaconda
06-20-2013, 07:04 PM
The fact that 120 million Americans vote for either the Democrat or the Republican every four years does nor validate this Gallup poll.

Michigan11
06-20-2013, 08:01 PM
The fact that 120 million Americans vote for either the Democrat or the Republican every four years does nor validate this Gallup poll.

Exactly! That's why these opinion polls are off.

Tell you guys what, if only we could control a part of the nightly news media msm, we'd be golden.

Occam's Banana
06-20-2013, 09:21 PM
Also covered by Anthony Gucciardi at StoryLeak: http://www.storyleak.com/gallup-poll-virtually-no-one-trusts-the-mainstream-media/

H/T LRC: http://lewrockwell.com/gucciardi/gucciardi18.1.html

Lew Rockwell interviews Gucciardi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiPr62sWvwk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiPr62sWvwk

Bastiat's The Law
06-21-2013, 03:10 AM
All the more reason to support Ben Swann's media project. There's a vacuum out there and we could get Ben to fill it for the masses.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UfUi5C7WdrA

BlackTerrel
06-21-2013, 07:43 PM
People are becoming splintered but part of it's how you define MSM. FoxNews viewers trust FoxNews and HuffPost readers trust HuffPost etc... both may say they hate the MSM.