Sunday, August 19, 2012

Believing the source of news

The United Church of Canada has elected a gay man, Gary Paterson, as its moderator, the guy to lead the denomination. I don't know how many people were running for the position, but three other candidates were also gay.



The Pew Research Center released a survey of the "believability ratings" of news sources. High scores mean "all or most" of the info is accepted. Low scores correspond to believing "almost nothing." Scores are dropping for national news sources. A decade ago the average positive rating was 71%, two years ago it was 62%, and is now 56%. Local daily papers and TV news are still believable.

The results are, of course, partisan. Republicans believe Fox News more than others. Dems believe almost all sources except Fox News.

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