"The Media and Public Trust", Wk 4 Discussion 1 - help

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Discuss one or two reasons it seems that the media have lost the public trust in the U.S.

Debate It – Take a position on this statement: Democracies need an investigative, confrontational press it can trust - not reality TV news.

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Running Head: THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC TRUST

The Media and Public Trust
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THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC TRUST

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Traditionally, media has been the voice of the people and through it; the general public
has been able to champion for their rights and shun the ills that they see happening in the
government. The recent poll by Gallup has indicated that the American’s trust and confidence in
the mass media has dropped to its lowest (McCarthy, 2014). Recently the trust and confidence
that Americans bestowed upon the mass media has tremendously dropped to its lowest level. To
enhance democracy, there must be a transparent, investigative and confrontationa...


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