Only 29% of Americans trust the news media. Which seems high, given the actual performance.

From Digital News Report 2021.  The headline is that the USA has the least trust of its media among 46 countries, including most those in the developed world.  Only 29% of Americans trust the news media.

If you were to strip out registered Democrats, I am guessing that that number might only be 10%.

W hich raises two questions - Do others have better and more reliable news and we are just too cynical? OR Do others have better and more reliable news and we are just underserved? OR Are all the the news sources around the world equally unreliable and only American consumers have cottoned on to just how bad it is?

Of the forty-six countries, in only fifteen do the majority of the population trust the news media.  In another fifteen countries, fewer than a third of the population trusts the news.  

In a connected world generating complex answers to difficult questions, it is a pity that there are ever fewer reservoirs of trusted information.  We could do with some trustworthy, reliable answers from trustworthy, reliable sources.