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The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media

The Washington Post · Jeff Bezos · last updated

In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress. But in this year’s Gallup poll, we have managed to fall below Congress.

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