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Think asking for a generic question around trust is probably not the right question to ask, and the answers aren't really insightful. Instead, if you don't kno
by ankit219 4y ago
Think asking for a generic question around trust is probably not the right question to ask, and the answers aren't really insightful.
Instead, if you don't know anything about a topic, would you trust a report in one of the publications about the same topic? Intuitively, if NYT covers something I have no idea of previously and I want to get more context, I would probably go there, regardless of how much I trust NYT. I trust them enough to be a starting point and would likely believe a lot of what they say.[1]
Then, if a person is scared of something - insert any hypothetical scenario - they are more likely to trust a publication which echoes those opinions. And in turn reject the publications which do not. This partially explains why the trust is so high for Democrats, and gone up during the time of Trump.
[1]: Lately, I have been relying on FT, and some Substacks, but thats probably just me.
- mikkergp 4y ago> Think asking for a generic question around trust is probably not the right question to ask, and the answers aren't really insightful. I agree, I’m not really sure what not trusting the media means. I generally speaking think in broad strokes the New York Times and NPR try to get the facts right. But I suspect this basically means less that they think they are objectively wrong and more that they don’t share their perspective, and people seem to focus more on the high profile mishaps and less on the day to day. No one would be trustworthy if you only focused on our high profile mishaps.