AGL 39.18 Decreased By ▼ -0.82 (-2.05%)
AIRLINK 127.95 Decreased By ▼ -1.11 (-0.86%)
BOP 6.85 Increased By ▲ 0.10 (1.48%)
CNERGY 4.69 Increased By ▲ 0.20 (4.45%)
DCL 8.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.58%)
DFML 41.20 Increased By ▲ 0.38 (0.93%)
DGKC 82.30 Increased By ▲ 1.34 (1.66%)
FCCL 33.10 Increased By ▲ 0.33 (1.01%)
FFBL 74.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.23 (-0.31%)
FFL 11.83 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (0.77%)
HUBC 110.10 Increased By ▲ 0.52 (0.47%)
HUMNL 14.17 Increased By ▲ 0.42 (3.05%)
KEL 5.22 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-1.69%)
KOSM 7.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.07 (-0.91%)
MLCF 39.00 Increased By ▲ 0.40 (1.04%)
NBP 63.60 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (0.14%)
OGDC 192.74 Decreased By ▼ -1.95 (-1%)
PAEL 25.60 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-0.43%)
PIBTL 7.29 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-1.35%)
PPL 153.00 Decreased By ▼ -2.45 (-1.58%)
PRL 25.46 Decreased By ▼ -0.33 (-1.28%)
PTC 17.52 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (0.11%)
SEARL 82.10 Increased By ▲ 3.45 (4.39%)
TELE 7.63 Decreased By ▼ -0.23 (-2.93%)
TOMCL 33.42 Decreased By ▼ -0.31 (-0.92%)
TPLP 8.44 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.48%)
TREET 16.30 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.18%)
TRG 56.60 Decreased By ▼ -1.62 (-2.78%)
UNITY 27.56 Increased By ▲ 0.07 (0.25%)
WTL 1.35 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-2.88%)
BR100 10,495 Increased By 50.1 (0.48%)
BR30 31,049 Decreased By -140.2 (-0.45%)
KSE100 98,129 Increased By 330.8 (0.34%)
KSE30 30,633 Increased By 152.5 (0.5%)

Americans distrust the news media, but see government and political leaders as even more untrustworthy, a survey showed Monday. The Pew Research Center found 69 percent of Americans say the federal government intentionally withholds important information from the public, while 61 percent say the news media intentionally ignores important stories. Nearly two-thirds say it is hard to tell the difference between what is true and false when they hear elected officials, and almost half said the same about information they encounter on social media.
The survey highlighting growing mistrust among Americans in institutions and in each other, which could make it more difficult to deal with social and political issues. Researchers found 64 percent of US adults believe trust in each other has declined, and 58 percent say it is very important to reverse that. "Americans are worried that distrust in the government and in others is taking a toll on the nation," said Lee Rainie, head of Pew's internet and technology research.
"They believe that distrust gets in the way of solving some pressing problems, that it flows from a broken political culture and that it keeps neighbors apart. "At the same time, people are full of ideas about solutions to trust problems. They range from muffling political partisanship to reorienting the news to creating community projects where people can work shoulder-to-shoulder."
Pew said at least part of reason for the lack of trust in government lies with President Donald Trump, who has repeated at least 10,000 falsehoods since taking office, according to one count, and who has repeatedly attacked mainstream media reports about him as "fake news." Asked why the level of trust in government has declined, 14 percent cited Trump and his administration, while 10 percent noted the performance of the news media.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2019

Comments

Comments are closed.