No news is good news Why has the public's esteem for journalists plunged? The right wing's constant harping about "media bias" has poisoned the public's thinking With the explosion of "citizen journalists," news bloggers and tweeters, the definition of who is a journalist has become unclear People don't read newspapers -- journalists don't particularly impact their lives anymore Cable and the Internet have given us greater diversity in the news, but at the expense of journalistic professionalism The public's desire for news in small bites has diminished the role of journalists Rush has dubbed a sizable number of Americans as low-information voters -- maybe the problem is they just don't want to be informed I don't trust the survey -- 34 percent of respondents said medical doctors contribute nothing or not very much to society It's a backlash against the media acting as cheerleader for big government The failure to keep their biases out of their reporting has caused people not to trust them The worldview of the majority in the media is hostile to the traditional values of most Americans Clearly, journalists aren't reporting information that is essential to people Other View Results Loading ...