A new poll shows Trump's magical lying powers are failing him

[Zorro]

It isn’t easy to find any bright spots amid our ongoing slide into failed-state status, but here’s one: Far more Americans trust the news media than trust President Trump to tell them the truth about our coronavirus crisis.

A new poll from NPR, PBS News Hour and Marist finds that only 37 percent of Americans have a good deal of trust in the information Trump tells them about coronavirus. By contrast, 60 percent have little to no trust.

Meanwhile, the poll also finds that 50 percent have a good deal of trust in the news media’s information about the disease, versus 47 percent who lack trust. That’s not ideal, to be sure, but it’s good that far more trust the media than trust Trump.

I’d like to suggest that a great deal is at stake here. Our national response to a crisis with extraordinarily far-reaching destructive potential is more or less under the control of a megalomaniac who, with the eager backing of his media allies, vastly prioritizes protecting his reelection chances over protecting the country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/17/new-poll-shows-trumps-magical-lying-powers-are-failing-him/

37 percent of Americans are fucking morons.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. "37 percent of Americans are fucking morons"

And so are their kids.

And so will be their grandchildren.

They will screw up every collective decision the US ever makes.

We had the right attitude toward Nazis during WWII.

[lagomorph777]

2. If the media want to be trusted more, here's a simple formula:

Less trump, more facts.

Every time Trump appears on my screen, I get annoyed that the channel I'm watching is subjecting me to bullshit. That naturally reduces my trust in their willingness to accurately inform me.