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Poll: Majority of Americans Think Mainstream Media Publishes 'Fake News'


Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the mainstream press is full of fake news, according to the latest Harvard-Harris poll.

65 percent of voters believe there is a significant amount of fake news in the mainstream media, and the sentiment is held by a majority of voters across the ideological spectrum.

80 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents and 53 percent of Democrats reflected this distrust of the media.

84 percent of voters said it is hard to know what news to believe online.

The Harvard-Harris online survey of 2,006 registered voters was conducted between May 17 and May 20.

On "The Fox News Specialists," Eric Bolling said the media had a particularly bad week last week, with The Washington Post and The New York Times publishing negative stories about President Trump that proved to be "duds."

"Two publications that people really rely on to have real news and real researched news and journalistic standards blew it last week badly," Bolling said.

Rob O'Neill lamented that the media has forgotten the importance of honesty, and too many journalists are now reporting on what's going to advance their personal agendas.

Bolling agreed, and added that many of these anti-Trump stories cite unnamed sources.

"They're undermining their own credibility," Bolling said. "If you have a source, name your source. Or don't run with it."

See more reaction from "The Fox News Specialists" above.

And another survey finds agreement that water is wet.

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Originally posted by Icabod:
And another survey finds agreement that water is wet.

What's your source?

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80 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents and 53 percent of Democrats reflected this distrust of the media.

So 47% of Dem's and 40% of Independents are too stupid to ever leave the house. Got it.

Possibly because they do?

"it is hard to know what news to believe online." No, really it isn't. Start with the premise that everything reported is a lie, and work your way down from there. The other disturbing thing in this article is the statement that "The Washington Post and The New York Times" are "Two publications that people really rely on to have real news..." This means the zombie apocalypse is upon us, because there are at least two individuals walking around ("people") with decaying mush in their heads....

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80 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents and 53 percent of Democrats reflected this distrust of the media.

So 47% of Dem's and 40% of Independents are too stupid to ever leave the house. Got it.

I fully agree with your point, but I'm actually pleasantly surprised the numbers of non-believers are as high as they are. I would have guessed a fair bit lower numbers in those ranks.

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Originally posted by Icabod:
And another survey finds agreement that water is wet.

What's your source?

He isn't required to reveal the location of the source

So 65% of American voters are awake? Shit hot! I never would have guessed it was that high a percentage.

What's with the 20% Republicans - are they the current or future politicians?

Read the Mark Twain quote: "Those who don't read the newspapers are uninformed, those that do are misinformed." That idea was 150 years ago and not much has changed except recently some believed. The press has cooked their own goose.

Breaking News:
"Water is alt-Dry" -CNN

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Originally posted by Doc H.:
The other disturbing thing in this article is the statement that "The Washington Post and The New York Times" are "Two publications that people really rely on to have real news..." This means the zombie apocalypse is upon us, because there are at least two individuals walking around ("people") with decaying mush in their heads....

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I live for the day when the first part of the caption of this thread is also true.....

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Poll: Majority of Americans Think

It's just a survey, but those numbers are something else. If that's an online survey of registered voters, though, that leaves me kinda curious as to what kind of numbers would come out of a survey pool drawn from registered voters who are print media readers. If nothing else, it would be kind of a kick to try to get a sense of exactly how much credibility the New York Times, Washington Times and Washington Post have with their own readers.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

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Originally posted by Icabod:
And another survey finds agreement that water is wet.

What's your source?

He isn't required to reveal the location of the source

Un-named sources, huh? Sounds like fake news to me!

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Originally posted by synthplayer:

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Originally posted by Rightwire:

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

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Originally posted by Icabod:
And another survey finds agreement that water is wet.

What's your source?

He isn't required to reveal the location of the source

Un-named sources, huh? Sounds like fake news to me!

So, water is not wet?

Water is water.

Wet is a condition of an object being covered or saturated with water (or another liquid).

Since an object cannot be covered by or saturated with itself, water is not wet.

See?

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
Water is water.

Wet is a condition of an object being covered or saturated with water (or another liquid).

Since an object cannot be covered by or saturated with itself, water is not wet.

See?

Given those conditions, is ice water?

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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
Water is water.

Wet is a condition of an object being covered or saturated with water (or another liquid).

Since an object cannot be covered by or saturated with itself, water is not wet.

See?

Given those conditions, is ice water?

Dry Water

Dry water, an unusual form of "powdered liquid", is a water-air emulsion in which tiny water droplets, each the size of a grain of sand, are surrounded by a sandy silica coating.[1] Dry water actually consists of 95% liquid water, but the silica coating prevents the water droplets from combining and turning back into a bulk liquid.[2] The result is a white powder that looks very similar to table salt. It is also more commonly known among researchers as "empty water".

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Originally posted by Shaql:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
Water is water.

Wet is a condition of an object being covered or saturated with water (or another liquid).

Since an object cannot be covered by or saturated with itself, water is not wet.

See?

Given those conditions, is ice water?

Dry Water

Dry water, an unusual form of "powdered liquid", is a water-air emulsion in which tiny water droplets, each the size of a grain of sand, are surrounded by a sandy silica coating.[1] Dry water actually consists of 95% liquid water, but the silica coating prevents the water droplets from combining and turning back into a bulk liquid.[2] The result is a white powder that looks very similar to table salt. It is also more commonly known among researchers as "empty water".

Most people don't know this, but sand is nature's water...