"Americans remain largely mistrustful of the mass media as 41% currently have "a great deal" or "fair amount" of trust…"

"Gallup first measured trust in the mass media in a 1972 survey when 68% of Americans said they trusted it. Similar le…"

"Republicans became increasingly mistrustful of the media in 2016 when Trump was campaigning for president and was sha…"

"The democratic postulate is that the media are independent and committed to discovering and reporting the truth, and …"

"The media have long operated as agents of moral indignation in their own right : even if they are not self-consciousl…"

"The advertising industry almost exclusively underwrites mass media in the United States. Newspapers obtain 75 to 80 p…"

"Research on the effect that the media has on the public revolves around two interconnected issues. Does coverage of s…"

"Presentations of police are often over-dramatized and romanticized by fictional television crime dramas while the new…"

"A primary issue with the media’s inaccurate depiction of crime and the criminal justice system is that it socially co…"

"Most progressive developments in the media, of course, are driven by market considerations rather than social conscie…"