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Study Shows 95% of Americans ‘Troubled by Current State of Media’

By Daniel M

September 13, 2019

An Ethics in Media study reveals that a whopping 95 percent of Americans are ” troubled by the current state of media.”

You couldn’t get 95 percent of the American people to agree that ice cream and sex are awesome, but 95 percent can come together to recognize just how horrible the media are.

But part of me is still wondering what’s wrong with the other five percent.

The study was conducted by the public relations firm Bospar and surveyed 1,010 American adults.

Specific reasons for why Americans are concerned do vary. But to no one’s surprise, after more than five years of this…

…“fake news” tops this list of concerns with a 53 percent majority.

Also hitting a near-majority are “reporting gossip” (49 percent) and “lying spokespeople” (48 percent).

Here are the runners-up: