I'M SHOCKED, SHOCKED, AT THIS LACK OF FAITH – AT 12:06 P.M. ET:  Can you imagine that some Americans don't trust the media?  Have you ever heard of anything so silly?  But a poll for The Hill shows that those ungrateful citizens don't realize what a package of truth and purity they're getting from today's press and TV: 

Likely voters hold a dismal view of the news media, generally regarding reporters as biased, unethical and too close to the politicians they purport to cover, according to a new poll for The Hill.

A full 68 percent of voters consider the news media biased, the poll found. Most, 46 percent, believe the media generally favor Democrats, while 22 percent said they believe Republicans are favored, with 28 percent saying the media is reasonably balanced.

That 28 percent can be found in Chicago cemeteries, though they're let out to vote on election day.

The share of voters who believe the media are too friendly with politicians is almost twice as large as those who find their coverage of politicians appropriate. Forty-four percent of voters assert the former; only 24 percent believe the latter.

The picture is not much brighter on the general question of ethics. Fifty-seven percent of voters think of the news media as either somewhat or very unethical, while only 39 percent see them as somewhat or very ethical.

COMMENT:  This lack of respect for Keith Olbermann has got to stop.  What do these people want?  Facts?  With all the hard work the media did in 2008 to elect Barack Obama, you'd think there'd be a little respect.  We're spoiled, so spoiled.

July 25, 2011