Poll: Scary Amount Of Americans Believe Media Is Lying

“Nearly half of voters, 46 percent, believe the news media fabricate news stories about President Donald Trump and his administration, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.

Just 37 percent of voters think the media do not fabricate stories, the poll shows, while the remaining 17 percent are undecided.

More than three-quarters of Republican voters, 76 percent, think the news media invent stories about Trump and his administration, compared with only 11 percent who don’t think so. Among Democrats, one-in-five think the media make up stories, but a 65 percent majority think they do not. Forty-four percent of independent voters think the media make up stories about Trump, and 31 percent think they do not.

Among the voters who strongly approve of Trump’s job performance in the poll, 85 percent believe the media fabricate stories about the president and his administration.

Trump last week accused NBC News of concocting a report that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had called Trump a “moron” and threatened to resign earlier this year. (Tillerson denies he intended to quit but has not personally disavowed the “moron” allegation.) After NBC reported that Tillerson’s comments came after a meeting in which Trump suggested a broad increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, Trump called it “[p]ure fiction, made up to demean” him.”

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian

Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian

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[elmateo]

America is the only country in the world whose citizens had all the rights they could ask for and decided they didn't want them.

[arthurneddysmith]

The desperation with which Americans are becoming more and more authoritarian is viewed with both shock and frustration around the world. That anyone would believe Trump over the media generally is just another reason why the world continues to wonder what on earth is wrong with the American education system.

[ThunderDog]

America is in a death spiral. If you have a parachute.... now's the time to jump.

[taralyamcdonough]

This poll makes me physically ill ! Let’s hope people are thinking about the onion and other satire sites.

[Cognacteddy]

This is the reason why you have dictatorships because people are sheep.

[DarthServo]

Those Republicans who think the media make up stories are the same people who think the Earth is only 6000 years old.

[nbim]

I'm glad too see so many Americans from different cultures realising the media nbc abc CNN rtc were reporting for their own self interest and not as a service to the public at large.

[bearleesmoking]

I'm betting a lot of people in our country don't really understand what "fabricating" means and just took the question to mean "are they pro trump or anti trump"

[alexoelkers]

That's straight up scary that many people think the first amendment should be thrown out and the government should be able to shut down the press.

[MJFAN]

Repeat a lie enough times it becomes the truth

[TheDiesel]

People think its fabricated because they cant believe how stupid Trump is. They are in denial.

[arielmckenzie]

I don’t think people realize how bad this is or how bad it can get.

[coogrfan]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ― George Carlin

[michaelwhitaker]

Well.. when a non American scans through the comments of this video, you can see where those numbers are coming from. Congratulations America. You gutted your education budget, and now you're reaping the rewards.

[LZKS]

Decades long Republican battle to diminish public education paid off big time.

[suzanmaggio]

You make me sick. I want all my donations back.

[quntface]

Thinking that "the media" lies is one thing, thinking that the media lies and Donald Trump is telling the truth is something completely different.

[SKJEAN]

Can we revoke your news license please?

[philliparmstrong]

People are easily gaslighted especially in a nation like America that champions ignorance over knowledge.

[vonsuthoff]

CENK... ANA... PLEASE LISTEN!!!
The average American who watches these 24 hour cable news channel CANNOT differentiate between "hard news" and "Op/Ed" programming... So, they are believing these opinion shows are presented as hard factual news! And that is where the confusion comes in.

These programs (especially the opinion / editorial ones) badly need a bold disclaimer stating that these views are subjective and NOT held to the same standards as hard news is held to.