This chart absolutely terrifies me
Polarization in trust in the media pushes us into irreconcilable political realities
The Pew Research Center released an excellent and comprehensive, yet simultaneously absolutely terrifying, report on polarization in trust in the news media last week. They find that “deep partisan divisions exist in the news sources Americans trust, distrust and rely on”, particularly on the political right. They present this graph showing the share of each political party put their trust in and rely on different media sources:
The Republican Party’s obsession with Fox News is laid bare in Pew’s new polling. The authors of the report write that 65% of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents trust Fox News as a source for political and election news, more than 30 percentage points higher than the next-trusted outlet (ABC News). Conservative Republicans are even more devoted (and deferential) to the channel. Pew’s researchers also find that these divides have widened over time.
Polarization in Democrats’ and Republicans’ media ecosystems is one of the most concerning emerging pat…
