WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. The 57% who now say this is a record high by one percentage point.
I'm surprised that the number of people who still trust the media remains that high. And I wonder if the media knows what "truth" means? Telling the truth and its consequences is an age old problem. Pilate asked "what is truth?" For the media, truth is a convenience that, like Pilate when he was threatened by the crowd, is easily discarded. Why should we expect the media to be any more courageous in defense of truth than a Roman governor with a legion at his back?
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