Trust in governments around the world is collapsing, especially in democracies, Axios Media Trends author Sara Fischer writes from a new global survey.
According to the survey, people don’t think government, business or the media are telling them the truth.
Government leaders and journalists are the least-trusted societal leaders, according to Edelman’s 2022 global “Trust Barometer,” a survey of 35,000 respondents in 28 countries.
Shocker!
People globally believe journalists (67%), government leaders (66%) and business executives (63%) are “purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations.”
We know they do.
Globally, people fear the media is becoming more sensational for commercial gain and that government leaders continue to exploit divisions for political gain.
That’s because it’s true. The media and corporations are also in bed with one political party in the United States, a party that has one bad idea after another. It’s the party of bad ideas.
Today’s Politicians, Journalist, and Big Businessmen are psychopaths. They are the J.R. Ewings of society. They will do ANYTHING for Power, even if it’s destructive long term. They can lie with a straight face and don’t care about the personal destruction they leave behind. There was a time in America when these people were culled from society by Duels, Gunfights,… Read more »
Heretic! How dare you question muh democracy! (sarc)
There is a limit to smoke and mirrors, yellow rain and the length of Pinocchio’s nose.
Look for any criticism or debate about muh democracy become verboten just like the doubts about the COV-LARP and the experimental gene therapy.
“It’s a republic if you can keep it.”
Benjamin Franklin