538 - interesting read "Why Does Everyone Hate the Media"
(done as a discussion amongst 538 staff)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-does-everyone-hate-the-media/
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
micah (Micah Cohen, politics editor): Our question for today: Why do Americans hate/distrust the press so much?
I’m thinking we’ll break this down into three parts:
Who hates what? What do we know about which groups of Americans distrust which media outlets/types? How has that changed?
Why? What do we know about what’s causing trust to sink?
The Trump factor. How does coverage of the Trump administration — in particular, the Russia investigation — fit into all of this?
Does that work for everyone? Everyone ready?
natesilver (Nate Silver, editor in chief): Here. But … on a plane!
micah: Do it, Clare!
clare.malone (Clare Malone, senior political writer): Nate’s on a plaaaannnnne!!
micah: lol. That’ll never not be funny.
OK, first up: Who hates what?
snip - worth reading this long dialog....thoughts??? - go the link above