Poll: 57 Percent of Americans Think Political Reporters 'Use News Stories to Promote Their Own Ideological Agenda'

Sharyl Attkisson began the latest edition of her weekly syndicated show Full Measure with an in-depth report on the growing distrust of the media. Attkisson went through the results of a poll conducted for Full Measure by pollster Scott Rasmussen, which had some devastating results for media credibility.  A plurality of those surveyed, 42 percent, saw national political news coverage as "inaccurate and unreliable" while only 26 percent thought that "political reporters carefully report facts."  On the other hand, 57 percent of respondents thought that political reporters ""use news stories to promote their own ideological agenda." In an on-screen interview with Attkisson, Rasmussen concluded that "we have a world where people look at journalists like they look at Wikipedia. 'Gee, that's an interesting fact. I better check it myself.'" According to Rasmussen, this proves that "the media has a huge credibility problem."