Trust in media has dropped precipitously in recent years, particularly among young adults and Republicans

When Gallup began tracking Americans’ views of the news media in the early 1970s, attitudes were overwhelmingly positive, but public confidence in the Fourth Estate has collapsed over the past three decades. President Donald Trump’s press secretary recently cited these data as a reason behind the administration’s decision to reserve a seat at White House press briefings for nontraditional “new media,” such as “podcasts, blogs, social media and other independent outlets.”

In light of this latest attention given to Americans’ views of the news media, here are five notable findings about the media landscape in the U.S. today from Gallup polling:

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/657239/five-key-insights-americans-views-news-media.aspx