Politico urges readers 'don't believe' polls showing sinking levels of trust in the media

A Politico opinion piece on Wednesday attempted to justify and undermine recent polls suggesting cratering levels of trust in journalism and media institutions.

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Instead, Shafer remarked how the same poll showed a large decrease in trust for many major U.S. institutions in addition to the press.

"Citing a near-universal decline in institutional confidence isn’t an attempt to offer an excuse for newspapers. But it illustrates the pervasiveness of public colic over American life and society, and suggests the institutions might not have changed as much as the perceptions of them have. The best explanation for the uniform drops might be that we’re living in an age of heightened criticism and scrutiny that leaves no faults or blemishes unnoticed compared to earlier eras," Shafer wrote.