The Watchdog with David Bozell

Late last year, Gallup found only 28% of Americans still had even a “fair amount” of trust in the media. A generation ago, media figures were among the most trusted people in public life. Today, Americans trust gas station sushi more than cable news panels.

The numbers somehow keep getting worse.

A new Economist/YouGov survey found nearly half the country has almost no confidence in television news. Only about one in twenty Americans say they have “quite a lot” of confidence in it. Newspapers aren't doing much better. Among the eight institutions measured, television news finished dead last, below banks and Big Business.

For nearly four decades, the Media Research Center worked to prove what millions of Americans suspected: corporate media were not reporting the news fairly. Study after study, clip after clip, headline after headline, the evidence piled up.

And because of our marketing machine that never rests, Americans connected the dots.

Sean Hannity recently summed it up well: “The MRC has played a key role in our culture, not just documenting and exposing liberal bias but also helping to pave the way for the growth of alternative media.”

Exactly right.

The MRC helped expose the old gatekeepers while creating room for independent voices Americans actually trust. Millions of Americans no longer wait for three networks, a few newspapers, and a panel of angry former interns on MS NOW to explain reality to them.

Corporate media spent years insisting Americans should trust them over their own eyes. Biden’s decline probably represented the breaking point. Americans watched media figures dismiss obvious problems as “cheapfakes” and partisan attacks right up until the debate stage made denial impossible.

Trust collapsed because Americans finally realized a painful truth: too many people in corporate media care more about protecting narratives than reporting facts.

Thanks to your support, the MRC will keep exposing the bias, censorship, and manipulation Americans are now rejecting in record numbers.

​​​​​​​Take it easy, 

David Bozell
President