BATTLE FOR WORLD / WASHINGTON EXAMINER | February 26, 2019: The article highlights that in the United States the confidence in media has hit rock bottom, because many news consumers believe that reporters write articles before knowing the facts and 60 percent are under the impression that sources pay for stories, according to a depressing news survey by American journalism.

The poll also confirmed the pending death of print: newspapers and magazines; and the shift to social and online media for sources of news.

The grim findings that journalism faces, some key areas were listed as: The traditional press led institutions of trusting news, the public had the lowest confidence.

The survey says: 40 percent get their news from television; 40 percent use online and social media sources to get news; a low 6 percent get their news from the traditional newspapers and magazines; 60 percent share the believe that sources pay reporters; 41 percent say they do not believe stories with anonymous sources; and 42 percent of Democrats polled believe that the media isn’t biased, while a low 10 percent of Republicans said the same.

So the traditional news media platforms are in a state of uncertainly, with trust issues, as news stories become more politically driven with some form of character assassination in sight or scores to settle. The current state of news media thuggery expanding.

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