Slanted News, Slanted Ratings

You got me running
Going out of my mind
You got me thinking
That I'm wasting my time
--Electric Light Orchestra

How has unbalanced media coverage translated into perceptions of confidence in news reports? According to a recent Gallup poll, not well.

Confidence in newspaper and television news has dwindled to fractions of what they were a few decades back.

Not surprisingly, Democrats exude more confidence in their media outlets than Republicans do.

Those leaning right average confidence levels in the single digits.

Slanted news creates downward slanted ratings.