| I guess, but I think you're forgetting just how bad the trust situation is with some groups. I mean, just 43% of people surveyed worldwide trust it: https://www.ft.com/content/fa332f58-d9bf-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6a... With the figures getting as bad as 24% trust in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/16/britons-tru... And it apparently goes as low as 5% among Republicans: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-trust_us_58... Does that mean the average person has good critical thinking skills? No, not really. A lot of people's distrust comes as much down to feeling like their views/tribe are under personal attack rather than an actual analysis of how the media covers them. But if they distrust mainstream media sources about stuff like Trump and his policies, then the likelyhood they'll trust them about how others in their own situation are 'crazy' could be even lower. I mean, they're already used to seeing themselves painted as 'deplorables' here. It's also likely people outside the larger outlets will write and heavily promote articles that counter any 'narrative' they detect in more mainstream sources. |