Reuters Editor-in-Chief Absolutely Shocked Public Trust in Media at Historic Low

Media • 2/19/11 5:25:27 pm • Views: 450

We nearly missed this classic blog post by Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger last month:

My industry, media, had a Trust tumble in the US and UK to small levels of trust never seen before – “How much do you trust media to do what is right?” The US is down to 27% and the UK 22%. Maybe I should try my hand at fiction instead!

Reuters has been doing quite well in that category for years.

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