Because the news is not credible. It's biased, misleading and deceptive. It favours the Democratic party. Of course many Democrats see bias in their favour as

Because the news is not credible. It's biased, misleading and deceptive. It favours the Democratic party. Of course many Democrats see bias in their favour as being simply reporting the truth. This stat says it all: Just 5% of Republicans said they had "a great deal or quite a lot of confidence" in newspapers, compared to 35% of Democrats. Only 8% of Republicans said they had "a great deal or quite a lot of confidence" in TV news, compared to 20% of Democrats. *Independents' views are generally closer to Republicans'.*