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warrior1

(12,325 posts)
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 05:47 PM Jun 2014

How is this possible? MSNBC the Least Trusted TV News Source Among All Americans

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-the-least-trusted-tv-news-source-among-all-americans/

Nothing can save this country.





Every news network likes to claim the mantle of “the most trusted name in news,” and a new Brookings and Public Religion Research Institute poll seeks to demonstrate who actually does and does not deserve that claim. Among many insights we can take from the survey, perhaps the most interesting is that, among all TV news sources, MSNBC is identified as “most trusted” by the fewest people.

The New Republic looked at the data and gleaned that Fox News, while the “most trusted,” also had the most deeply polarized fanbase, largely made up of “the Republican Party’s most conservative members.” Self-identified Democrats spread their “trust” among most TV news outlets (with Fox at only 6%), while Republicans are largely concentrated on Fox News (unsurprising if you followed the emergence of conservative media and “media bias” discussions in the 1990s).

The survey also demonstrates a disparity between how most Americans view an issue like immigration and how Fox’s viewership understands the topic (see below chart):

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How is this possible? MSNBC the Least Trusted TV News Source Among All Americans (Original Post) warrior1 Jun 2014 OP
My guess would have been CNN. I find this surprising. Throd Jun 2014 #1
When they find that plane Capt. Obvious Jun 2014 #7
Easy to figure out, the average moron american actually thinks a biased liberal media exists randys1 Jun 2014 #2
Exactly!!! Because they actually know of such people.. busterbrown Jun 2014 #16
Republicans are too trusting. bravenak Jun 2014 #3
The poll is weird, "Most rusted", people who never watch msnbc are not going to say msnbc randys1 Jun 2014 #10
It weird that they never poll me. bravenak Jun 2014 #12
I thought only myself and Jim Rockford had a land line LOL randys1 Jun 2014 #13
Not fair! bravenak Jun 2014 #17
I knew it randys1 Jun 2014 #19
Wow i've never seen it. bravenak Jun 2014 #22
Comcast owns MSNBC Armstead Jun 2014 #14
I didnt know this or forgot, say goodbye to Rachel randys1 Jun 2014 #15
Dems also use the internet more. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #11
Yes we do, and we know how to use it much better. bravenak Jun 2014 #20
Bill Clinton: "We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers." SummerSnow Jun 2014 #25
Because most folks asked watch and believe FOX and more people hate Obama than like truth. nt kelliekat44 Jun 2014 #4
Because, you see, many Americans like what the FOX say. WinkyDink Jun 2014 #5
Had two flats today, weird, my liberal posters on my car cant be the reason for this, I know randys1 Jun 2014 #6
Reason #1 for my not having political stickers, heh. WinkyDink Jun 2014 #38
Skewed questions and numbers, elleng Jun 2014 #8
Those two terrorists from Las Vegas are the base of Fox. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #9
CNN and FOX both propagandize against MSNBC, and have for over 4 years. blm Jun 2014 #18
Yup, gvstn Jun 2014 #23
I have a suspicion that the 6% of DEMS "trusting" Faux are in Washington DC! blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #21
I would suspect their alleged poll...it is the Brookings Institution ms liberty Jun 2014 #24
Uh, Brookings is generally liberal HERVEPA Jun 2014 #27
duh, you're right! fried brain after a tough day at work! ms liberty Jun 2014 #30
You're welcome! HERVEPA Jun 2014 #37
I would definitely look at this with a jaundiced eye rurallib Jun 2014 #29
Nope. Brookings is liberal in general HERVEPA Jun 2014 #36
I think many would disagree with that rurallib Jun 2014 #39
They do news? Iggo Jun 2014 #26
Did they only ask Morning Dead Intern Joe watchers? nt valerief Jun 2014 #28
They split the lefty vote. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #31
MSNBC liberal from boston Jun 2014 #32
MSNBC is hit or miss. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #34
Clearly, there is something going on at Faux: Keefer Jun 2014 #33
1/3 watch cnn, 1/3 watch fox, 1/3 watch msnbc...so 2/3 don't trust msnbc??? NightWatcher Jun 2014 #35

randys1

(16,286 posts)
2. Easy to figure out, the average moron american actually thinks a biased liberal media exists
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 05:51 PM
Jun 2014

Remember that the average american including TONS of democrats think poor people scamming the system is a bigger problem than the billionaires stealing everything and Wall street etc

and almost NOBODY watches msnbc and very few more watch fox

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
16. Exactly!!! Because they actually know of such people..
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:06 PM
Jun 2014

They see them on Fox everyday...And they are reported on every night on local T.V.
By the way those “poor" people you mention scanning the system .. 98% of them are seen by the “average american”, as being Brown or Black...

It’s just so fucking easier remaining dumb than actually trying to figure stuff out..

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
3. Republicans are too trusting.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 05:51 PM
Jun 2014

Democrats read more sources and fact check. So they find errors in MSNBC and are skeptical. Republicans eat up every word those fox news folks spit out. And they trust nothing MSNBC says damn the facts!

randys1

(16,286 posts)
10. The poll is weird, "Most rusted", people who never watch msnbc are not going to say msnbc
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 05:59 PM
Jun 2014

and they have the least viewers for a variety of reasons, going to be less as soon as all tv is controlled by two companies

comcast will not carry msnbc probably unless you pay a premium for it

randys1

(16,286 posts)
13. I thought only myself and Jim Rockford had a land line LOL
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:03 PM
Jun 2014

now, without googling, who is Jim Rockford?

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
14. Comcast owns MSNBC
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:04 PM
Jun 2014

I suspect that when they decide to milk it they'll make it alk sports or all celebrity gosspi or something

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
20. Yes we do, and we know how to use it much better.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:09 PM
Jun 2014

I mean look at the sites they post on. Looks like 1998 in there.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
6. Had two flats today, weird, my liberal posters on my car cant be the reason for this, I know
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 05:53 PM
Jun 2014

but had to go to a chain store to get fixed, a known chain where you would expect to see Fox on and it was


i saw that and said out loud without being able to stop myself "oh shit, fox"

so i turned around, went outside and played with my phone till they were fixed

elleng

(130,865 posts)
8. Skewed questions and numbers,
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 05:55 PM
Jun 2014

'polls' isn't really polls.

Know difference among channels actually CARRYING news about Climate?

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
9. Those two terrorists from Las Vegas are the base of Fox.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 05:58 PM
Jun 2014

The hard right is blind in their loyalty and militant in action.
They not on the bottom of the scale of intelligence and wait for their commands from the echo chamber.

gvstn

(2,805 posts)
23. Yup,
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:13 PM
Jun 2014

Right around the time Rachel joined Olbermann for the prime time slots. Too much truth.
Did you ever notice how GOP politicians that have never been on her show all like to call her out by name as some type of "gotcha" journalist?

ms liberty

(8,572 posts)
24. I would suspect their alleged poll...it is the Brookings Institution
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:19 PM
Jun 2014

Who did they poll and when. What were the questions - how were they worded and in what order were they asked? Opinion polls like this can be quite manipulative.

ms liberty

(8,572 posts)
30. duh, you're right! fried brain after a tough day at work!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:34 PM
Jun 2014

Later I'll have to reread the article too...obviously I wasn't paying attention - thanks for the nudge!

rurallib

(62,406 posts)
29. I would definitely look at this with a jaundiced eye
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:30 PM
Jun 2014

me suspects the outcome was determined prior to the survey.

rurallib

(62,406 posts)
39. I think many would disagree with that
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:11 PM
Jun 2014

I see Brookings as conservative - more than "generally." I tend to think of them as the old Rockafellow wing of the Republican party.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
31. They split the lefty vote.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:37 PM
Jun 2014

Where do you think people who went with Daily Show are going to go if that option is removed? My guess would be MSNBC. And probably most of the 'public tv' viewers as well. Look at the Republicans, and you basically get 'Fox News' with a side order of 'broadcast' and a bit of CNN. Indies and Dems are much more evenly divided up, although you can see that a good chunk of indies are just republicans too embarrassed to admit they're republicans

I can't fathom the 6% of so-called dems who list fox first, I'm guessing they were repubs trying to be smartasses in the survey, and that probably covers the so-called republicans who listed msnbc first as well.

32. MSNBC
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:47 PM
Jun 2014

MSNBC is so needed especially this coming November election. MSNBC soared in the ratings in the last Presidential election. IMHO Lawrence, Rachel, Martin etc. reporting facts & calling out the lies was a major factor in President Obama's re-election. Liberals need to support MSNBC

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
34. MSNBC is hit or miss.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:52 PM
Jun 2014

It needs to ditch Morning Joke and all of those godawful prison shows. Then more folks on the left might trust it a bit more.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
35. 1/3 watch cnn, 1/3 watch fox, 1/3 watch msnbc...so 2/3 don't trust msnbc???
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:55 PM
Jun 2014

repukes watch fox all day every day or they are thrown out of the club, independents and lefties have more important things to do than watch tv news all day.

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