‘Biased, boring and bad’: U.S. teens say American news media is deceptive, fake, untrustworthy and misleading | WND

Today’s journalism involves hundreds, even thousands, of internet citizen journalists: They watch what happens in their communities and government and report on it.

And they often have video to substantiate their reports.

Not much more than a generation back, before the Web, network and newspaper reporters watched what happened and then reported what they wanted.

And that, according to a new polling of teen citizens, hasn’t changed much.

A survey from the News Literacy Project confirms that teens, like adults, “tend to be distrusting of news media in the United States.”

It reported that teen’s descriptions of the media included:

• Biased
• Boring
• Bad
• Fake
• False
• Lies
• Crazy
• Chaotic
• Depressing
• Scary
• Deceptive
• Untrustworthy
• Compromised
• Wild
• Misleading

The report confirms “an overwhelming 84% of surveyed teens have a negative view of the media.”

Nine percent have a positive view, ranging from “OK” to “great.”

Forty-five percent of teens said “journalists do more to harm democracy than to protect it” and only 56% believe journalists and news organizations take journalism standards such as accuracy and fairness seriously in their work.

Eight of 10 said journalists fail to produce information that is more impartial than other content creators online, and seven of 10 think news organizations intentionally add bias to coverage to advance a specific perspective.

NLP said, “With views like these, it’s little wonder that many young people also indicated they do not see the value of preserving America’s Fourth Estate. About two-thirds (67%) of the teens we surveyed said they are a little or not at all concerned about the sharp decline in the number of news organizations in the U.S. over the last 20 years.”

The NLP noted young people are not alone in their views: “A 2025 Gallup poll showed record-low trust in mass media (newspapers, TV and radio) among U.S. adults, with only 28% of Americans having a great deal or a fair amount of trust and confidence in the mass media to report news ‘fully, accurately and fairly’ (Brenan, 2025).”

Reuters came up with similar results.

The NLP contracted to have more than 750 teen respondents to an earlier survey contacted again with follow-up questions.

“What we learned from this brief follow-up survey paints a shockingly bleak picture of how teens view and understand journalism and news media today. In short, they believe that unethical behaviors, including corruption and lying, are more commonplace in the profession than adhering to the ideals and standards based practices that are regarded as sacred and obligatory in legitimate newsrooms across the country.

“They are also much more likely to have negative associations with news media and journalism than positive ones.”

An explanation of the situation at the Washington Stand said, “The report found many of the respondents believed journalists were more ‘skilled at lying and deceiving than informing the public.’ At least 50% believe journalists ‘make up details,’ with at least 60% stating that photos and videos are taken ‘out of context.’ … Eighty percent ‘said that journalists fail to produce information that is more impartial than other content creators online.’ Sixty-nine percent ‘thought that news organizations intentionally add bias to coverage to advance a specific perspective.’”

In fact, 37% of the teens did not have “anything good to say about journalists today.”

Their suggestions?

Journalists should start “being honest” and “minimizing bias.”

The Stand explained, “NLP conducted this survey with a primary goal of ‘learn[ing] whether teens think journalists and news organizations these days are generally following professional journalism standards and ethical guidelines.’ The overarching consensus? ‘Teens consistently demonstrated the belief that unethical behaviors that overtly violate journalism principles are distinctly more common among journalists and news organizations than even the most fundamental standards-based practices.’”

So follow the NLP’s own recommendations:

“Encourage young people to distinguish between standards-based journalism and other types of information.”

“Teach students verification skills and how standards-based newsrooms operate.”

And, “Foster accurate perceptions of journalism by helping teens question unrealistic portrayals or sweeping statements about ‘the media’ and by acknowledging examples of high-quality journalism.”

Source: ‘Biased, boring and bad’: U.S. teens say American news media is deceptive, fake, untrustworthy and misleading

Signs and Wonders – Cracker Barrel, Twitter journalism, John MacArthur, and more | MinistryWatch

Welcome to the inaugural edition of my new column “Signs and Wonders.” Actually, that’s not exactly true. I originated this column in 1994 when I edited a newspaper in Charlotte called “The Charlotte World.” I reinvigorated the column 10 years ago when I was at The Colson Center for Christian Worldview.

But the MinistryWatch version of this column is new, and it is my hope to include here thoughts on news items that either don’t quite rise to the level of a news story for MinistryWatch, or are slightly (perhaps even significantly) outside our normal charity and philanthropy “beat.”

My goal is to be punchy, opinionated, and slightly off-brand. If that’s not quite for you, no hard feelings. But if it is…read on.

Cracker Barrel Rebrand. The Christian corner of the social media world lit up when Cracker Barrel changed its logo. (And, news alert: changed it back.) But what I thought was: Life must be good if this is all that Christian influencers have to complain about—I guess we’ve solved all the big problems of the world. Either that, or our priorities are seriously out of whack.

Twitter Journalism. And before you get started, I know it’s now called X, but if it’s still rock-and-roll to Billy Joel, it’s still Twitter to me. That said, can we all agree that simply copying and pasting X posts into a word file is not real journalism? ChurchLeader, a publication I often read and sometimes admire, is doing more of that these days. One recent example was its coverage of the Chip and Joanna Gaines story. What made it worse was that they copied the posts of Megan Basham, Eric Metaxas and Jenna Ellis. Which was a shame since there are legitimate issues here, and thoughtful commentary coming from trustworthy correspondents. (See, for example, this WORLD column from Andrew Walker.) The CL approach legitimized some of the least responsible voices in this conversation. Bottom line: It’s so easy to quote tweets that real journalism—and thoughtful commentary—is getting crowded out.

Journalism Transition. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution announced that it will no longer produce a print edition. That makes it one of the largest papers in the nation to abandon print. Currently, only about a third of the nation’s 1,000 daily papers still publish in print. This news was expected. The AJC originally said it would stop its print edition in 2023, but it delayed that change in order to make additional investments in online capabilities. Still, the news hit me hard. I was raised in Atlanta, and I grew up reading and—for a time—delivering the paper on my bicycle. I graduated from the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia, named for the paper’s most famous editor. Some of my first by-lines were freelance articles published there. The paper had become increasingly left-leaning  and ideological over the years, alienating its constituency and thereby contributing to its own demise. Nonetheless, I mourn its passing. Sic transit gloria mundi.

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What About Church? The Wall Street Journal recently published a story about the growth of adult summer camps. These camps provide fellowship and activities for people looking to make in-person, human connections. Not a bad goal, but I think my friend Dr. Anthony Bradley nailed it when he said of the article: “My goodness. How sad is this? Just go to a church.”

John MacArthur Memorial. I watched the livestream of John MacArthur’s memorial service on Saturday, and I was moved to tears more than once. Both Andrew Peterson’s “Is He Worthy?” and The Gettys’ rendition of “In Christ Alone” were highlights for me. And that choir and orchestra? Wow. I want both of these songs sung at my funeral. It’s hard to identify the best eulogy of the event, but I especially commend to you Mark MacArthur’s moving remembrance of his father, which (contrary to some “news” reports) you can easily find online. But for your convenience, click here. It begins at about the 1:24 mark.

Source: Signs and Wonders Cracker Barrel, Twitter journalism, John MacArthur, and more

ABC, NBC and CBS slap Trump with 92% negative coverage as 100th day of second term approaches, study finds | FOX news

FIRST ON FOX — Evening newscasts on ABC, NBC and CBS have slapped President Donald Trump with 92% negative coverage as the 100th day of his second term approaches, according to the Media Research Center (MRC).

The MRC analyzed ABC’s “World News Tonight,” “NBC Nightly News” and “CBS Evening News” from January 20 through April 9 and found 899 stories that discussed President Trump or the Trump administration. The media watchdog group found that 92.2% of the coverage was negative compared to only 7.8% positive.

“Just 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, the broadcast evening news landscape is even more lopsided than it was eight years ago, when Trump was besieged with relentlessly hostile coverage,” researcher Rich Noyes wrote.

’60 MINUTES’ PRODUCER’S ABRUPT EXIT FUELS DRAMA AT CBS NEWS AS NETWORK BATTLES TRUMP LAWSUIT

“Eight years ago, using the identical methodology, we found Trump was blasted with 89% negative coverage at the hands of these networks during the first weeks of his first term,” Noyes added.

The study revealed a stark contrast to coverage of former President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office, which was 59% positive, according to the MRC.

“Yet despite the overwhelming negativity of their coverage, the networks found Trump irresistible as a news subject, at least compared with Biden. From January 20 through April 9, 2017, the networks saturated their newscasts with 1,900 minutes of Trump news; during the same time period this year, we tallied a massive 1,716 minutes of coverage. But in 2021, evening news viewers saw only 726 minutes of Biden coverage during these same weeks, less than half of the airtime devoted to either of the new Trump administrations,” Noyes wrote.

The MRC explained that it determined the spin of coverage by tallying “all explicitly evaluative statements” about President Trump from either reporters, anchors or non-partisan sources such as experts or voters. Partisan sources, such as elected officials, were not included.

TOP ’60 MINUTES’ PRODUCER RESIGNS FROM SHOW, CITES LACK OF INDEPENDENCE

While Trump’s personal controversies dominated much of the coverage during his first term, the MRC found that coverage of the first 100 days of his second term has been largely spent on policy issues. Tariffs were covered for 361 minutes to lead the way, followed by DOGE receiving 301 minutes of coverage and immigration received 233 minutes of airtime on ABC, NBC and CBS’ evening newscasts, the study found.

“The networks’ spin on Trump’s tariffs faced 93% negative coverage, while the DOGE cutbacks to government were greeted by 97% negative spin,” Noyes wrote when detailing the findings.

“Even on immigration, the issue where the public gives the President his highest ratings, the networks’ spin was 93% negative,” he continued. “Out of nearly four hours of evening news airtime devoted to immigration, these newscasts spent just 3.5 minutes letting viewers know just how much Trump has reduced border crossings.”

Trump’s top associates haven’t exactly received glowing coverage, either.

TRUMP DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST ABC, STEPHANOPOULOS OFFICIALLY DISMISSED AFTER $15 MILLION SETTLEMENT

The study found that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced 89% negative coverage, DOGE’s Elon Musk was hit with 96% negative coverage, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth received a unanimous 100% bad press from ABC, NBC and CBS evening newscasts.

ABC, NBC and CBS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump has a significant history with each network. He is currently seeking $20 billion in a lawsuit against CBS, alleging election interference over its handling of a “60 Minutes” interview last year with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Last year, Trump settled a defamation suit against ABC for $15 million, and he famously hosted “The Apprentice” on NBC before entering the world of politics.

“The mainstream media continues to portray President Trump’s historic accomplishments negatively, even though 77 million Americans voted for his policies. Americans know the President is doing what is best for the country, which is why the legacy media’s ratings continue to drop and people are finding new ways to consume the news,” a White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

Source: ABC, NBC and CBS slap Trump with 92% negative coverage as 100th day of second term approaches, study finds

BREAKING: Karoline Leavitt Strips White House Correspondents’ Association of Its “Monopoly” Over White House Press Access, Announces New Plans to Expand Press Pool to New Media (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit

BREAKING: Karoline Leavitt Strips White House Correspondents’ Association of Its “Monopoly” Over White House Press Access, Announces New Plans to Expand Press Pool to New Media (VIDEO)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced today that the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) will no longer hold its iron grip over deciding which outlets get a seat in the coveted White House press pool.

“This administration is shaking up Washington in more ways than one,” Leavitt said, noting, “that’s what we were elected to do.”

“A select group of DC-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly over the privilege of press access at the White House,” she added in reference to the White House Correspondents’ Association.

She said the WHCA “has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the President of the United States in these most intimate spaces,” but “not anymore.”

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Associated Press asked a federal judge to grant an emergency Temporary Restraining Order against the Trump Administration and restore its access to areas in the White House after the far-left outlet was booted from the Oval Office this month over its refusal to acknowledge President Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”

Even Google and Apple have acknowledged the name change, but the leftist outlet didn’t want to recognize the Gulf’s new legal name.

On Monday, a federal judge denied the Associated Press’s emergency motion to restore its access to the White House press pool.

Leavitt responded to this news Monday, stating, “Covering the American presidency in the most intimate and limited spaces in this White House, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One is a privilege.” Leavitt continued, “It is not a legal right.”

The Gateway Pundit recently reported that before the AP filed its lawsuit, the WHCA’s President attacked the White House in a statement, claiming that “the White House is seeking to curtail the press freedoms enshrined in our Constitution.”

We noted how the leftist WHCA, led by Eugene Daniels, a liberal reporter for Politico, is ironically crying foul over the AP losing its privilege to access the Oval Office, an area that many other reporters, including this author, have been unable to access due to a lack of space and restrictions placed by the WHCA.

Triggered White House Correspondents’ Association President Attacks Trump Administration After Far-Left Associated Press is Once Again Barred From Accessing White House Press Event

In the past, they’ve had no problem with a conservative reporter being censored by the Biden Regime or bullied by their members in the White House. Now that a liberal regime media member is facing an inconvenience, they’re up in arms. Daniels is also probably lashing out at the White House over the Department of Government Efficiency’s recently discovered USAID payments to his far-left news organization.

But Karoline Leavitt announced that the WHCA will no longer dictate who gets to be part of the press pool.

WATCH:

Leavitt: As you all saw yesterday, a federal judge denied the Associated Press’s emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against myself, our Deputy Chief of Staff, Taylor Budowich, and our Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles for our decision to remove the associated press from the White House press pool for certain and special events.

The judge’s ruling, upholding our decision to deny the Associated Press such privileged access, reinforces the truth. And it reiterates what I said from this podium last week when that suit was filed.

Asking the President of the United States questions in limited spaces, such as the Oval Office and Air Force One, is a privilege that, unfortunately, has only been granted to a few. It is not a legal right for all.

The Trump administration has already proven to be the most transparent ever, and this president, the most accessible in history.

This is evidenced by President Trump’s daily press conferences in the Oval Office, where he takes many questions from the journalists who have the honor and privilege of standing before the beautiful resolute desk.

The President and this entire White House are committed to ensuring the American people continue to receive this same level of historic transparency, access, and visibility.

In fact, we want to double down and give even greater access to the American people. We want more outlets and new outlets to have a chance to take part in the press pool, to cover this administration’s unprecedented achievements up close, front and center.

As you all know, for decades, a group of DC-based journalists, the White House Correspondents Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the President of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore.

I am proud to announce that we are going to give the power back to the people who read your papers, who watch your television shows, and who listen to your radio stations.

Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team. Legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades will still be allowed to join, fear not.

But we will also be offering the privilege to well-deserving outlets who have never been allowed to share in this awesome responsibility.

Just like we added a new media seat in this briefing room, legacy media outlets who have been here for years will still participate in the pool, but new voices are going to be welcomed in as well.

As part of these changes, we will continue the rotation amongst the five major television networks to ensure the President’s remarks are heard far and wide around this world.

We will add additional streaming services, which reach different audiences than traditional cable and broadcast. This is the ever changing landscape of the media in the United States today.

We will continue to rotate a print pooler who has the great responsibility of quickly transcribing the President’s remarks and disseminating them to the rest of the world. And we will add outlets to the print pool rotation who have long been denied the privilege to partake in this experience but are committed to covering this White House beat.

We will continue to rotate a radio pooler and add other radio hosts who have been denied access, especially local radio hosts who serve as the heartbeat of our country.

And we will add additional outlets and reporters who are well suited to cover the news of the day and ask substantive questions of the President of the United States, depending on the news he is making on that given day.

This administration is shaking up Washington in more ways than one. That’s what we were elected to do. As I have said since the first day behind this podium, it’s beyond time that the White House press operation reflects the media habits of the American people in 2025 not 1925.

A select group of DC-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly over the privilege of press access at the White House. All journalists, outlets, and voices deserve a seat at this highly coveted table. So, by deciding which outlets make up the limited press pool on a day to day basis, the White House will be restoring power back to the American people who President Trump was elected to serve.

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) board for the 2024–2025 term is packed with members tied to far-left news media.

Officers:

• President: Eugene Daniels, Politico
• Vice President: Weijia Jiang, CBS News
• Treasurer: Sara Cook, CBS News
• Secretary: Justin Sink, Bloomberg News

Board Members:

• Andrew Harnik, Getty Images
• Jacqui Heinrich, Fox News
• Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
• Courtney Subramanian, BBC
• Karen Travers, ABC News

Executive Director:

• Steven Thomma

In 2020, the White House Correspondents Association removed One America News Network from the rotation of press outlets granted seats at the daily White House coronavirus task force briefings after OANN reporter Chanel Rion allegedly violated in-house rules by twice showing up at the briefings without an assigned seat.

This is the same organization that refused to grant The Gateway Pundit official credentials.

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Taibbi: Trust In The Media Can’t Be Fixed, Not One Journalist Has Come Forward To Say “Yeah, We Screwed Up” | RealClearPolitics Videos

Independent journalist Matt Taibbi on FOX News Saturday night talked to host Brian Kilmeade about not being able to trust the facts that the media feeds consumers. “Trust is a human thing,” Taibbi told Kilmeade. “You can’t mechanize it. And in the journalism business when you make mistakes you have to stand in front of the camera and own up to it or else audiences will never again trust you. And there are years and years of errors about major consequential news cycle-dominating stories like Russiagate and COVID where the networks and major dailies have simply not come forward and said ‘Yeah, we screwed up’ and they have to do that if they’re going to get audience back. But they refuse to and I just don’t think that’s — they’re ever going to learn.”

BRIAN KILMEADE, FOX NEWS: For the Zuckerbucks, it kind of showed where he stood and how he wanted to put his hand on the scale in those trouble in those problematic districts for Democrats. He just flooded him with money but that was so 2020. I want to talk about your recent column. You say why America’s loss of trust in the media can’t be fixed why do you think so?

MATT TAIBBI: Well I think for a certain sector of the corporate press they’ve just made so many mistakes and not owned up to them that I think it’s going to be a bridge too far for most audiences. Trust is a human thing. You can’t mechanize it. And in the journalism business when you make mistakes you have to stand in front of the camera and own up to it or else audiences will never again trust you. And there are years and years of errors about major consequential news cycle-dominating stories like Russiagate and COVID where the networks and major dailies have simply not come forward and said “Yeah, we screwed up” and they have to do that if they’re going to get audience back. But they refuse to and I just don’t think that’s — they’re ever going to learn.

KILMEADE: I just talked about how there seems to be a little bit of fairness creeping back into other networks, little by little. Am I too optimistic am I seeing something that’s not there are you picking up on some of that?

TAIBBI: I definitely pick up on it. And I think what you’re what you’re seeing Brian is most of the people I would have called my colleagues before 2016, a lot of us don’t really care about politics all that much. I think we most of us like the job. Which is just sort of telling people what’s happening. So there is some enthusiasm I think within some of these organizations to going back to what journalism is which is a much simpler and less fraught kind of work where you get to sleep at night and not feel bad about misleading people. And, yeah, I think you’re going to start to see that creep back into the into the business, hopefully.

KILMEADE: Have you have you have you is your viewpoint of your business changed over the last couple years after what you’ve been through?

TAIBBI: Oh, completely. I don’t trust anything that the major organization say anymore. It’s funny because a long time ago I interviewed, of all people, Noam Chomsky about you know companies like the New York Times and the Washington Post and NBC and all these places and he said “Even when you most mistrust them you could always find facts in those places.”

Well, we reached a stage in the last couple years where you can’t even trust the facts. And that was that was a very dark place to reach as a journalist. And I hope they turn it around because I don’t know anybody who really trusts what’s going on in corporate press anymore.

Source: Taibbi: Trust In The Media Can’t Be Fixed, Not One Journalist Has Come Forward To Say “Yeah, We Screwed Up”