As with anything, that poll is deeply party political: "The results were vastly skewed along partisan lines, with 81 percent of Republicans trusting the admini

As with anything, that poll is deeply party political: "The results were vastly skewed along partisan lines, with 81 percent of Republicans trusting the administration over the media and 79 percent of Democrats deferring to news organizations over the White House." http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-media-trust-poll-fox-news-235168 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-media-trust-poll... IMO the poll doesn't reflect anything other than people's willingness to believe, against any and all evidence, that their "side" is correct. It feels like a very specific effect of the internet - with five seconds of googling you can find an opinion that reinforces yours, rather than confront the fact that you might be wrong.