According to a recent Gallup survey, "Americans' confidence in newspapers fell slightly to 23 percent this year, from 25 percent in 2012 and 28 percent in 2011." The previous recorded low was 22 percent in 2007, so clearly the trend has begun another downward slide. What's more, newspapers rank right down there with other notable U.S. institutions - like Congress. Per Gallup:
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 percent of Americans also expressing confidence in it. That is up slightly from the all-time low of 21 percent 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.
In 1971 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black wrote: In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. |
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