Jul 17, 2009

NOW who can we believe?

He retired many years ago, so Walter Cronkite had no daily impact on recent TV News and its believability. But with the "Most Trusted Man In America" gone, who can you trust? Here's one of the charts from the most recent annual report by the folks at The Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism:

Now PLEASE don't point out to me that local TV news actually improved...which it did. There's not a lot to brag about when your NEW IMPROVED HIGHER BELIEVABILITY RATING is 28%! Even a decade ago it was still only 34%. So who do you trust? Bloggers? Anyone? Walter come back!

[UPATE: Check out Scott Stantis in 7/20/09 The Birmingham News.]

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