Squandered trust

One reason public trust in news media is plummeting can be seen in this revealing new survey. Turns out most news consumers want to learn all sides of a particular issue, while most journalists believe that there's no need to fairly present the other side of a controversial issue. You can see the results in the newspapers and on TV--trite, predictable and frequently inaccurate and incomplete reporting. And then we wonder why so many Americans are tuning us out.