National Mistrust on the rise: AFP Mon, Jul 22 Washington (AFP) - Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey...

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

AFP Mon, Jul 22

Washington (AFP) - Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed Monday.

The Pew Research Center found 69 percent of Americans say the federal government intentionally withholds important information from the public, while 61 percent say the news media intentionally ignores important stories.

Nearly two-thirds say it is hard to tell the difference between what is true and false when they hear elected officials, and almost half said the same about information they encounter on social media.

The survey highlighting growing mistrust among Americans in institutions and in each other, which could make it more difficult to deal with social and political issues.

Researchers found 64 percent of US adults believe trust in each other has declined, and 58 percent say it is very important to reverse that.

"Americans are worried that distrust in the government and in others is taking a toll on the nation," said Lee Rainie, head of Pew's internet and technology research.

"They believe that distrust gets in the way of solving some pressing problems, that it flows from a broken political culture and that it keeps neighbors apart.

"At the same time, people are full of ideas about solutions to trust problems. They range from muffling political partisanship to reorienting the news to creating community projects where people can work shoulder-to-shoulder."

Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as "f**e news."

Asked why the level of trust in government has declined, 14 percent cited Trump and his administration, while 10 percent noted the performance of the news media.

The respondents said they believe the mistrust can be reversed: 84 percent believe the level of confidence Americans have in the federal government can be improved, and 86 percent said the same about the confidence Americans have in each other.

The report was extracted from Pew's American Trends Panel conducted November 27 to December 10, 2018 of 10,618 adults, with an estimated margin of error of 1.5 percentage points.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

slatten49 wrote:

AFP Mon, Jul 22

Washington (AFP) - Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed Monday.

The Pew Research Center found 69 percent of Americans say the federal government intentionally withholds important information from the public, while 61 percent say the news media intentionally ignores important stories.

Nearly two-thirds say it is hard to tell the difference between what is true and false when they hear elected officials, and almost half said the same about information they encounter on social media.

The survey highlighting growing mistrust among Americans in institutions and in each other, which could make it more difficult to deal with social and political issues.

Researchers found 64 percent of US adults believe trust in each other has declined, and 58 percent say it is very important to reverse that.

"Americans are worried that distrust in the government and in others is taking a toll on the nation," said Lee Rainie, head of Pew's internet and technology research.

"They believe that distrust gets in the way of solving some pressing problems, that it flows from a broken political culture and that it keeps neighbors apart.

"At the same time, people are full of ideas about solutions to trust problems. They range from muffling political partisanship to reorienting the news to creating community projects where people can work shoulder-to-shoulder."

Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as "f**e news."

Asked why the level of trust in government has declined, 14 percent cited Trump and his administration, while 10 percent noted the performance of the news media.

The respondents said they believe the mistrust can be reversed: 84 percent believe the level of confidence Americans have in the federal government can be improved, and 86 percent said the same about the confidence Americans have in each other.

The report was extracted from Pew's American Trends Panel conducted November 27 to December 10, 2018 of 10,618 adults, with an estimated margin of error of 1.5 percentage points.

AFP Mon, Jul 22 br br Washington (AFP) - Americ... (show quote)

Why do you think national mistrust is rising?

JW

slatten49 wrote:

AFP Mon, Jul 22

Washington (AFP) - Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed Monday.

The Pew Research Center found 69 percent of Americans say the federal government intentionally withholds important information from the public, while 61 percent say the news media intentionally ignores important stories.

Nearly two-thirds say it is hard to tell the difference between what is true and false when they hear elected officials, and almost half said the same about information they encounter on social media.

The survey highlighting growing mistrust among Americans in institutions and in each other, which could make it more difficult to deal with social and political issues.

Researchers found 64 percent of US adults believe trust in each other has declined, and 58 percent say it is very important to reverse that.

"Americans are worried that distrust in the government and in others is taking a toll on the nation," said Lee Rainie, head of Pew's internet and technology research.

"They believe that distrust gets in the way of solving some pressing problems, that it flows from a broken political culture and that it keeps neighbors apart.

"At the same time, people are full of ideas about solutions to trust problems. They range from muffling political partisanship to reorienting the news to creating community projects where people can work shoulder-to-shoulder."

Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as "f**e news."

Asked why the level of trust in government has declined, 14 percent cited Trump and his administration, while 10 percent noted the performance of the news media.

The respondents said they believe the mistrust can be reversed: 84 percent believe the level of confidence Americans have in the federal government can be improved, and 86 percent said the same about the confidence Americans have in each other.

The report was extracted from Pew's American Trends Panel conducted November 27 to December 10, 2018 of 10,618 adults, with an estimated margin of error of 1.5 percentage points.

AFP Mon, Jul 22 br br Washington (AFP) - Americ... (show quote)

The broadening of distrust is a direct result of multi-culturalism and diversity.

Just because what might once have been exotic is no longer strange doesn't change the human reaction to things that are different from themselves.

Multi-culturalism and diversity go directly against human instinct. The intellectual elite have mistakenly assumed that familiarity with ethnic and cultural diversity would reduce suspicion of what is different. There is an age old aphorism, 'people fear that which is different', and that may be true but another states just as loudly, 'familiarity breeds contempt'. We are moving quickly from fear to contempt.

Michael Rich Loc: Lapine Oregon

slatten49 wrote:

AFP Mon, Jul 22

Washington (AFP) - Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed Monday.

The Pew Research Center found 69 percent of Americans say the federal government intentionally withholds important information from the public, while 61 percent say the news media intentionally ignores important stories.

Nearly two-thirds say it is hard to tell the difference between what is true and false when they hear elected officials, and almost half said the same about information they encounter on social media.

The survey highlighting growing mistrust among Americans in institutions and in each other, which could make it more difficult to deal with social and political issues.

Researchers found 64 percent of US adults believe trust in each other has declined, and 58 percent say it is very important to reverse that.

"Americans are worried that distrust in the government and in others is taking a toll on the nation," said Lee Rainie, head of Pew's internet and technology research.

"They believe that distrust gets in the way of solving some pressing problems, that it flows from a broken political culture and that it keeps neighbors apart.

"At the same time, people are full of ideas about solutions to trust problems. They range from muffling political partisanship to reorienting the news to creating community projects where people can work shoulder-to-shoulder."

Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as "f**e news."

Asked why the level of trust in government has declined, 14 percent cited Trump and his administration, while 10 percent noted the performance of the news media.

The respondents said they believe the mistrust can be reversed: 84 percent believe the level of confidence Americans have in the federal government can be improved, and 86 percent said the same about the confidence Americans have in each other.

The report was extracted from Pew's American Trends Panel conducted November 27 to December 10, 2018 of 10,618 adults, with an estimated margin of error of 1.5 percentage points.

AFP Mon, Jul 22 br br Washington (AFP) - Americ... (show quote)

The overall numbers are skewed, spewed and pewed.

These so called researchers asked who...3 conservatives and the rest l*****ts?

How many Trump supporters would say that they trust the government less now?

Unless we are speaking of the deep state s******n keepers.

RT friend Loc: Kangaroo valley NSW Australia

slatten49 wrote:

AFP Mon, Jul 22

Washington (AFP) - Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed Monday.

The Pew Research Center found 69 percent of Americans say the federal government intentionally withholds important information from the public, while 61 percent say the news media intentionally ignores important stories.

Nearly two-thirds say it is hard to tell the difference between what is true and false when they hear elected officials, and almost half said the same about information they encounter on social media.

The survey highlighting growing mistrust among Americans in institutions and in each other, which could make it more difficult to deal with social and political issues.

Researchers found 64 percent of US adults believe trust in each other has declined, and 58 percent say it is very important to reverse that.

"Americans are worried that distrust in the government and in others is taking a toll on the nation," said Lee Rainie, head of Pew's internet and technology research.

"They believe that distrust gets in the way of solving some pressing problems, that it flows from a broken political culture and that it keeps neighbors apart.

"At the same time, people are full of ideas about solutions to trust problems. They range from muffling political partisanship to reorienting the news to creating community projects where people can work shoulder-to-shoulder."

Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as "f**e news."

Asked why the level of trust in government has declined, 14 percent cited Trump and his administration, while 10 percent noted the performance of the news media.

The respondents said they believe the mistrust can be reversed: 84 percent believe the level of confidence Americans have in the federal government can be improved, and 86 percent said the same about the confidence Americans have in each other.

The report was extracted from Pew's American Trends Panel conducted November 27 to December 10, 2018 of 10,618 adults, with an estimated margin of error of 1.5 percentage points.

AFP Mon, Jul 22 br br Washington (AFP) - Americ... (show quote)

There is the culprits and there is the bus , best place for them is behind the driver but Americans figure that's their space with the culprits Britain and Taiwan under the tyres, what Trump wants is unknown and the cause of disunity.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

BigMike wrote:

Why do you think national mistrust is rising?

I see a major part of the problem as being locked-in partisan/ideological mindsets on the part of so many. I have written before: It often seems that nothing...absolutely nothing, can be said or written to convince zealots from either side of the ideological or political persuasion of facts they absolutely refuse to believe.

One may as well attempt pi**ing on a raging forest fire in a futile effort to put it out.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

slatten49 wrote:

AFP Mon, Jul 22

Washington (AFP) - Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed Monday.

The Pew Research Center found 69 percent of Americans say the federal government intentionally withholds important information from the public, while 61 percent say the news media intentionally ignores important stories.

Nearly two-thirds say it is hard to tell the difference between what is true and false when they hear elected officials, and almost half said the same about information they encounter on social media.

The survey highlighting growing mistrust among Americans in institutions and in each other, which could make it more difficult to deal with social and political issues.

Researchers found 64 percent of US adults believe trust in each other has declined, and 58 percent say it is very important to reverse that.

"Americans are worried that distrust in the government and in others is taking a toll on the nation," said Lee Rainie, head of Pew's internet and technology research.

"They believe that distrust gets in the way of solving some pressing problems, that it flows from a broken political culture and that it keeps neighbors apart.

"At the same time, people are full of ideas about solutions to trust problems. They range from muffling political partisanship to reorienting the news to creating community projects where people can work shoulder-to-shoulder."

Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as "f**e news."

Asked why the level of trust in government has declined, 14 percent cited Trump and his administration, while 10 percent noted the performance of the news media.

The respondents said they believe the mistrust can be reversed: 84 percent believe the level of confidence Americans have in the federal government can be improved, and 86 percent said the same about the confidence Americans have in each other.

The report was extracted from Pew's American Trends Panel conducted November 27 to December 10, 2018 of 10,618 adults, with an estimated margin of error of 1.5 percentage points.

AFP Mon, Jul 22 br br Washington (AFP) - Americ... (show quote)

Gas lighting the people and making them question their own better judgment has taken its' toll. I never heard of "F**e News" till trump came along and I doubt anybody else did either.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

JW wrote:

The broadening of distrust is a direct result of m... (show quote)

One could say diversity is diametrically opposed to unity.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

slatten49 wrote:

I see a major part of the problem as being locked-... (show quote)

Trump doesn't seem to be locked into a partisan/ideological mindset.

No wonder both parties and the press H**E him, fear him and spend 97% of their broadcast time promoting lies, speculation and bulls**t!

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Coos Bay Tom wrote:

Gas lighting the people and making them question their own better judgment has taken its' toll. I never heard of "F**e News" till trump came along and I doubt anybody else did either.

That's because you were comfortable being lied to.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

BigMike wrote:

Trump doesn't seem to be locked into a partisan/ideological mindset.

No wonder both parties and the press H**E him, fear him and spend 97% of their broadcast time promoting lies, speculation and bulls**t!

President Trump, as are all of us, a human being. All humans have frailties and/or flaws. Quite possibly the most common human frailty is ones inability to recognize the same or worse flaws, faults and shortcomings in themselves that they readily see in others.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

RT friend wrote:

There is the culprits and there is the bus , best place for them is behind the driver but Americans figure that's their space with the culprits Britain and Taiwan under the tyres, what Trump wants is unknown and the cause of disunity.

I would like to qualify your post a bit, if that's OK:

What Trump wants is known because he's said the same thing for 40 years.

That scares the living sht out of those who have occupied positions of influence for the same amount of time because [I]they know that and he's rubbed shoulders with them, has seen them in action, has seen who they really are and the nasty things they've been doing, has the means to have investigated them by the best private firms in existence and has the full backing of Military Intelligence, short circuiting the corrupted civilian bulls**t/murder/organized crime/treason factories the C_A, FBI, Justice Dept. and a bunch more have become.

And...he knows how to get in their heads...

He's smarter than they are. He's smarter than they can admit...

He's better at manipulating the media than the media is at lying...

Any little thing he says he may or may not do makes them expend ammunition they're rapidly running out of because they have no choice...

And they know he's deadly serious and has a plan...

The masses have had no clue until the choreographed releasing of info started waking us up.

You can bet you'll see some terrible revelations before 2020. Trump has a flair for theatrics.

RT friend Loc: Kangaroo valley NSW Australia

[quote=BigMike]I would like to qualify your post a bit, if that's OK:

What Trump wants is known because he's said the same thing for 40 years.

That scares the living sht out of those who have occupied positions of influence for the same amount of time because [I]they know that and he's rubbed shoulders with them, has seen them in action, has seen who they really are and the nasty things they've been doing, has the means to have investigated them by the best private firms in existence and has the full backing of Military Intelligence, short circuiting the corrupted civilian bulls**t/murder/organized crime/treason factories the C_A, FBI, Justice Dept. and a bunch more have become.

And...he knows how to get in their heads...

He's smarter than they are. He's smarter than they can admit...

He's better at manipulating the media than the media is at lying...

Any little thing he says he may or may not do makes them expend ammunition they're rapidly running out of because they have no choice...

And they know he's deadly serious and has a plan...

The masses have had no clue until the choreographed releasing of info started waking us up.

You can bet you'll see some terrible revelations before 2020. Trump has a flair for theatrics.[/quote]

GmanTerry

JW wrote:

The broadening of distrust is a direct result of m... (show quote)

This is my soap box topic. When I worked for the Federal Government I was forced once a year to sit through a day of M**************m and Diversity. I used to argue with the r****t anti-white presenter that the melting pot is what made America the greatest country in the world. She always argued that we are no longer a melting pot but instead a salad, with a carrot here and a cucumber there. Who and when was this indoctrination created? It is the replacement syllabus in schools for civics now. This is reckless balkanization of a once united nation.

Semper Fi

RT friend Loc: Kangaroo valley NSW Australia

The British flotilla of merchant tankers 243 are about to make a monumental decision to sail in convoys past Iran, Iran will do something, and will Trump react or ignore ?, if he reacts public opinion is not that important anymore, now the Congress support Trump taking action and have given the green light by cancelling the debt ceiling, but will they share the responsibility if it all goes wrong.

Public opinion does come from influential people but they still have to be tied to what the public consider to be inevitable, the Congress is pushing Trump to do the stupid thing, knowing he will have to back down, this has already happened in Korea and Venezuela.