To Trust or Not To Trust

From Tom Taylor's NOW column, an analysis of the latest Pew Research study about where people get their news...

How trusted are talk radio and TV as news sources? Rush Limbaugh is at the top of the list that he doesn't want to be on, from a new Pew Research Center study. 39% say they distrust him, the highest of any personality or program in the research. Limbaugh does have considerable awareness, with 66% saying they’ve heard of him. But only 8% say they get their news from him, and only 12% say they trust him. Glenn Beck is third on the “distrust” list at 24% (remembering that he’s on radio and also online, as many other pundits are). Beck's awareness is at 49%. The “Sean Hannity Show” is fifth, at 21% distrusting. (His “heard of” is at 45%.) Further down is NPR, at 9% “distrust,” 53% “heard of,” 20% “get news from,” and 29% “trust.” Liberal talker Ed Schultz is at 5% on the “distrust” list, but only 15% have heard of him. Just 3% get news from him. Beck’s TheBlaze is at 3% “distrust” and 18% “heard of.” That’s the radio-related group of personalities and services mentioned by Pew.

No offense, radio world, but listeners should not be "getting their news" from anyone on this list. They are not newscasters (except NPR). Have we forgotten what news is?