"When Gallup began measuring trust in the news media in the 1970s, between 68% and 72% of Americans expressed confidence in reporting. However, by the next reading in 1997, public confidence had fallen to 53%."

This tracks with the economy that used to lift all boats transitioning to today's economy.

Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households.

All the major problems in America stem from this.

The news does not delve into economic structural imbalance because the news is owned by the oligarchs doing the imbalancing.

It takes an easily cowed, poorly educated mind to blame the workers for that, instead of the managament.

It's like yelling at the gate agent because your flight is delayed because the President fired the Air Traffic Controllers.

In an America with no Corporation for Public Broadcasting, where capitalist media consolidation has run amok for decades,

This poll indicates most Americans think Capitalism has degrades the quality of the news media over the past fifty years.

But most people are simply incapable of blaming Capitalism.