Gaslighting: How Media’s ‘Fact-Checks’ Have Led Public to Distrust the Press

June 24, 2022

The mainstream media’s fact-checking track record has led to public distrust, as the American people have often learned the truth about so-called conspiracy theories before the press finally had to admit their veracity.

There have been several major instances where the media fact-checks a claim as false, only for evidence to later show that it was true from the beginning. In some cases, the media has had to issue corrections as a result, or at least acknowledge the updated evidence.

The repeated mistakes appear to favor the Democratic narrative, which may be why a Trafalgar poll from December found that 76.3% of Americans believe the mainstream media’s primary focus is on advancing its own political agenda.

Last October, Gallup found that just 36% of Americans trust the media , the second-lowest reading on record, with the worst being 32% in 2016.With COVID-19, to take one example, the media repeatedly denied the likelihood […]

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