"Why Is Trust In MSM At An All-time Low?"

Now that COVID is but a distant memory (we hope!), what are most of us avoiding like the plague these days?

If you guessed the news (mainstream or otherwise), you would be correct.

According to Reuters Institude For The Study Of Journalism, an Oxford-based think tank that surveys people around the globe regarding their news-consumption habits, interest in news is at an all-time low.

Surprised? Neither were we.

Researchers contend "news avoidance" is a response to information overload, where news--the good, the bad, and the ugly--is constantly bombarding us from every direction, day and night, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

We have to admit, they have a point.

As Paul Farhi, from the Washington Post says,

"Digital media has made news ubiquitous and instantly available from thousands of sources representing every ideology, geography and language.

"And much of it, people say, drives feelings of depression, anger, anxiety or helplessness."

This may also hold a grain of truth.

But we believe the main reason for news avoidance is because we don't believe a word they say.

That's right, gang. The news business has no credibility--as in Zero--and they don't even bother to feign objectivity anymore.

The mainstream media have completely betrayed the trust of the American people, and according to the Reuters Institute survey, few in the rest of the world believe them either. 

A wise man once said: "Trust is hard won, and easily lost. Trust is won through diligence and integrity. It is won when a person or an institution consistently tells the truth. But the glue of trust weakens with every lie. A bit of it dies with every dishonest deed." -- Hal Lindsey, author

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free"(JOHN 8:32).

"Jesus answered, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me'" (JOHN 14:6). 

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News:

• Washington AP: Trump faces 561 years in prison; Sheriff: "We'll have a mugshot"
• Yahoo!Finance: U.S. credit downgraded by rating agency Fitch, citing fiscal and political instability
• WND: Trump judge a left-wing activist, gave serious campaign donations to Obama; harsh punishment to Jan 6 prisoners

 

 

"Have You Lost Your Confidence?"

Americans seem to be in the middle of a confidence crisis...at least when it comes to major institutions.

Almost all institutions from the presidency to organized religion have poll numbers at all-time lows.

That's right, people, Americans have got their "worry" on.

According to the latest Gallup Poll:

"Americans' confidence in most major U.S. institutions remains below the historical average for each one." (Excluding the military).

Why are we feeling so insecure?

• a major recession/sluggish economic improvement

• partisan gridlock in Washington
• a skeptical view of the mainstream media
• distrust of government

And last, but most importantly:

• loss of our biblical worldview

"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."

Alexis de Tacqueville was on to something. As this nation drifts further and further away from its biblical mores, it ceases to be good...

At anything.

A wise man once said: "Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle." --Billy Graham

"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need" --Matthew 6:33.

News:

• CBS-Sacramento: California Water Cuts Leave City Days Away From Running Out of Water; upscale community of Mountain House is one of 114 to receive curtailment notice from the state.
• Yahoo!News: 'Foreign Shocks' could harm U.S. financial stability, warns U.S. Treasury Secretary. Greek debt crisis cited.
• The Guardian: Bank of Greece Warns of 'Uncontrollable Crisis'; panicked Greeks stashing cash at home.