Television news and newspapers are suffering historically low levels of public confidence, the results of an annual Gallup poll released Tuesday reveal.In its national survey of U.S. American adults (18+), conducted June 1-15, Gallup polled public confidence in 14 institutions it has tracked annually since 1993, ranking them according to the percentage of Americans who say they have either “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in them.Today, the level of confidence in television news (14%) is lower than that of any other institution, except Congress (9%).Confidence in newspapers (17%) is third-lowest, topping only television news and Congress.At 14%, confidence in television news is just three points above its record low of 11%, set last June. Likewise, confidence in the newspaper institution is teetering just one point above its lowest mark, recorded in 2022.Differences of less than five percentage points between this year’s level and prior low points are not statistically significant, putting both newspapers and television news at their historic low-points.Democrats place more faith in newspapers and television news than do Republicans.Regarding television news, only six percent of Republicans have either a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence, compared to 16% of both Democrats and Independents.In the case of newspapers, 22% of Democrats express confidence in the institution, more than twice the 10% of Republicans who do so. Here, independents (16%) also have lower confidence than Democrats.Democrats also have more confidence than Republicans in two other purveyors of information: public schools and institutions of higher learning.Amid concerns about the U.S. educational system increasingly being used to promote far-left ideology, rather than to foster education, just 16% of Republicans report having confidence in public schools, less than half the 35% of Democrats who do so. Among all American adults, confidence stands at 27%.The difference is even wider when it comes to higher education. Here, 23% of Republicans have faith in the institution, compared to 50% of Democrats and 38% of all U.S. adults.

Last week, an illegal Mexican immigrant was shot by an ICE agent while reportedly attempting to run over agents with his vehicle. Since the incident, the media has been working to twist the narrative, favoring the illegal alien, Lorenzo Salgado, and attacking ICE instead. This Monday, The View took this slanted coverage a step further with ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg making a racially charged comment about it being “common sense” for him to fear “a truck full of white guys.”Of course, they pushed the narrative that Salgado was supposedly being chased by a vehicle but conveniently omit the claims he attempted to use his own vehicle as a weapon against ICE. It was then that Goldberg brought her racism into it:SARA HAINES: They're being chased by a vehicle, I can only speak as a woman, I'm not stopping. I'm going to keep going. Because that is about safety and self-preservation.WHOOPI GOLDBERG: And forgive me, it is also chock-full of white guys. And you don't know what’s going- it's a truck- it's like- common sense tells you not to do that! Speaking on ICE involved shootings, ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg says it's "common sense" to fear and run from "a truck full of white guys." pic.twitter.com/fbOHoe7Lbs— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 13, 2026 The racism in Goldberg’s statement is readily apparent. If you were to replace “white guys” with any other racial group, people would be hounding Goldberg for an apology and maybe even a retraction. Unfortunately, because she’s targeting white people, nobody bats an eye.This isn’t the first time The View has spewed flagrant racism either. As just a handful of examples, The View has defended discriminatory practices against white people. They’ve accused Latinos of "misogyny and sexism.” They’ve painted Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a race traitor, and attacked conservative black people for similar reasons. Racism certainly isn’t out of line for The View, just as long as it supports their arguments.As if Goldberg’s blatant racism wasn’t enough, the segment then descends into overt electioneering. After a short segment lamenting Trump’s administration and praising anyone who opposes him, Goldberg told viewers to “make the change” against President Trump:So, you know, when you start, you know, folks are tweeting stuff and writing all of this stuff, you better start thinking about who all of us are. Because if we don't- if we don't get this under control, this is what we're going to be living with for the next little while, and I don't want it. I don't think you want it. I don't think you want it. Gotta make the change. More direct electioneering from ABC News (a direct violation of their broadcast license), Goldberg urges people to elect candidates who oppose President Trump.She claims Trump is against "other's right to exist" and suggests he likes killings in the street. pic.twitter.com/kGfMfEEUIR— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 13, 2026 As with the previous racist remarks, this isn’t The View’s first time telling its viewers to vote a certain way. Far from it! The situation has gotten so bad that the Media Research Center petitioned the FCC to shut down the renewal of ABC’s broadcasting license, and to strip The View of their status as a purported “bona fide news program.” The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read.ABC The ViewJuly 13, 202611:18:59 AM EasternWHOOPI GOLDBERG: Welcome back! The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is demanding answers after the Mexican national was shot and killed with a confrontation with ICE agents in Texas last week. Take a look:[Cuts to video]RONALDO SALGADO: We crossed every "T," dotted every "I," filled out every document, went to every appointment. It is a basic human right to be able to have a long life, regardless of legal status. I just want all Americans to know that my dad was a hard-working man, a family man, who wanted nothing more than to put food on the table and to watch his sons achieve the American dream.[Cuts back to live]GOLDBERG: And then this morning, we're learning about another fatal ICE-involved shooting in Maine. I mean, look, what is going on? Where is the accountability for all of this? I thought we explained we did not want this to continue to happen?SARA HAINES: No, and then we also wanted body cams. And according to the Texas law enforcement, they didn't have enough to put them on everyone. Then they shouldn't be going out on arrests. You can't have unmarked, unmanned cars chasing people. If you watch all the videos, there's no lights to indicate anything. They're being chased by a vehicle, I can only speak as a woman, I'm not stopping. I'm going to keep going. Because that is about safety and self-preservation.GOLDBERG: And forgive me, it is also chock-full of white guys. And you don't know what’s going- it's a truck- it's like- common sense tells you not to do that!(...)11:24:59GOLDBERG: We have to stay on these cases. We have to mention them, we have to make other people weary from us saying, we're sick of this, we're not putting up with this. November's elections are very important. Very important. And again, I'm going to say it, I'm going to say it again, because there are great Republicans who want to see change. They want to see change, because that's- this is not the country they wanted. This is not the country they voted for, it's not what they want. They're ready to vote with us, so that all of us are voting for each other's rights. We are voting for each other's right to exist, each other's right to have a good life, raise our kids, make our jobs function, and not pay a zillion dollars for gas and food. This is the stuff that is all of us. You know? So, you know, when you start, you know, folks are tweeting stuff and writing all of this stuff, you better start thinking about who all of us are. Because if we don't- if we don't get this under control, this is what we're going to be living with for the next little while, and I don't want it. I don't think you want it. I don't think you want it. Gotta make the change. We’ll be back.

MSNBC became MS NOW, and while they try to take comfort in routinely spanking CNN, they perennially lose in the ratings to the Fox News Channel. Their strongest stars are Rachel Maddow (only on Monday nights) and Nicolle Wallace in the late afternoon.Recently, they shook up the lineup with new shows, and these new shows aren’t catching on. New Nielsen numbers show they're falling off, in some cases with double-digit declines:-- Money, Power & Politics with Stephanie Ruhle airs weekdays from 9 to 11 a.m.) has averaged 710,000 total viewers, a 6 percent decline compared to the 9 a.m.-11 a.m. year-to-date timeslot prior to the lineup change. Among the 25-54 demographic, the program is down 16 percent, averaging 68,000 viewers.-- On the Line with Alicia Menendez (weekdays from noon to 2 p.m.) has averaged 602,000 total viewers, a 5 percent decrease compared to the YTD timeslot prior to the programming remix. Among the 25-54 set, it is down 15 percent, averaging 56,000 viewers.-- The Moment with Katy Tur (weekdays from 2 to 4 p.m.) has averaged 718,000 total viewers, a 5 percent decrease compared to the YTD timeslot prior to the programming changes. Among those aged 25-54, it is down 15 percent, averaging 60,000 viewers.It isn't better at night. -- The Weeknight with hosts Symone Sanders, Michael Steele, and now Luke Russert replacing Menendez, airs weeknights from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. It's averaging 1 million total viewers, down 9 percent compared to the YTD timeslot prior to the big changes. Among the 25-54 segment, it is down 27 percent, averaging 93,000 viewers.-- The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi (weekdays from 11 p.m. to midnight and is averaging 753,000 total viewers, down 6 percent compared to the YTD timeslot prior to the programming changes. Among the viewers who are 25-54, it is down 12 percent, averaging 86,000 viewers.Some ratings news is mixed. Morning Joe now airs from 6 to 9 a.m., dropping the fourth hour at 10. The program has averaged 772,000 total viewers, an increase of 2 percent compared to the 6 a.m.-9 a.m. YTD timeslot prior to the lineup change. But among the 25-54 contingent, it is down 14 opercent, averaging 72,000 viewers.

SnapStream ABC News co-host Sunny Hostin made headlines last week after The View returned from their Fourth of July break and went off on how much she hated the American flag and how it made her feel “unsafe.” Then, on Monday’s edition of their Behind the Table podcast, Hostin doubled down. She seemingly equated it to seeing the Confederate flag, claimed it was white supremacy, while at the same time she tried to defend herself by arguing that she had an American flag keychain and a flag inside her house.Podcast host and The View’s executive producer Brian Teta and Hostin seemed surprised that there was so much outrage and negative reaction to her flag bashing since she had said it on the show in the past:TETA: Something you said last week on the show got a lot of attention, what else is new. But it was about the American flag. And this is something that you've said before more than once, but a conversation you talked about it.(…)HOSTIN: It's surprising to me that that's, it's a thing. Hostin says that any community with American flags is automatically racist:"...when I walk into a community and I see American flags all over the community and I suddenly feel unsafe because there's a section of this country that has co-opted the American flag and they equate… pic.twitter.com/SMnicvTrCd— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 6, 2026 Teta then played a soundbite of Hostin from the main show saying that seeing a community with American flags outside made her feel “unsafe.”“I stand by that,” Hostin proclaimed following the soundbite. She then suggested that hating the American flag was common in her social circles. “[T]his is not a new conversation amongst the black community, in the black community, it's something that we talk about,” she said.If Hostin stood by her feelings as legitimate and it was something she’d felt for a long time, surely she would have some examples of her fear of American flags being justified. Right?Well, Hostin never gave an example of that. Instead, she talked about how one time she was walking along a beach and saw a Confederate flag:It's, you know, there was a point when, and I think I've talked about it on the show. I was visiting friends in North Carolina in the Outer Banks and they rented a house there and they had been there many times, a white couple. And on the beach, it's a beach that you can drive cars on. There was, I was walking with the kids. They were pretty young and there was a Confederate flag. And it, I was nervous. I'm in the South. I've got these two kids with me. I look the way that I look and I'm walking past Confederate flag with a group of dudes in a pickup truck on the beach. "I stand by that."On The View's podcast today, Sunny Hostin doubles down on saying the American flag makes her feels "unsafe" when she sees it in a neighborhood. As an example, she talk about seeing a Confederate flag on a house when she walked along a beach. pic.twitter.com/v9gijKpr2z— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 13, 2026 “Somebody with a Confederate flag today means something different to a black person, perhaps than it means to a white person. So, I use that as an example,” she said.Obviously, a Confederate flag was not the American flag.Trying to hedge her comments, Hostin said she was mostly afraid of American flags being flown in non-military communities, said she had a flag keychain, and a flag “in” her home:I have people that are in my family that have served Vietnam War, served in Afghanistan, have many, many military members in my family. They have flags outside of their homes. I don't feel uncomfortable with that. I have a flag keychain. My point is when you go into a community that's not a military community, it's not a military base, but it is a community with flags everywhere. (…) I have an American flag in my home.Claiming the American flag had been “co-opted by the far-right,” she equated anyone who flew it to “white supremacists.” She even said it was “ridiculous” to think otherwise:I'm saying that, unfortunately, at this time, the American flag has been co-opted by the far-right, many in the far-right and white supremacists. (…) And now, people - and they've weaponized the American flag. That is something that is happening in this country. And to deny that, you know, is ridiculous to me. She says she is suspicious of non-military communities with lots of American flags."Unfortunately, at this point in our country, the American flag has been co-opted by the far-right. They call themselves patriots," she scoffs. "At this time, the American flag has been co-opted… pic.twitter.com/3yY30SdDQm— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 13, 2026 Teta informed her that there was a “movement to take the flag back” from those Hostin was describing. “I consider myself one of those people,” Hostin declared.Except she wasn’t. She was more than happy to bash the flag as a racist and claim those who flew them were terrible people. She was the one applying a racist meaning to it.The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:ABC’s Behind the TableJuly 13, 202602:05BRIAN TETA: All right, let's talk about something serious or more serious.SUNNY HOSTIN: Okay.TETA: Something you said last week on the show got a lot of attention, what else is new. But it was about the American flag. And this is something that you've said before more than once, but a conversation you talked about it.HOSTIN: On the show. I've said it many times.TETA: But it seems to get people, they get very animated.HOSTIN: See, that’s the thing, I don't read -TETA: Thank God!HOSTIN: -social media comments. As you know, I stopped years ago.TETA: Yes.HOSTIN: And that's why I'm just so happy and peaceful most of the time. And so, it's surprising to me that that's, it's a thing.TETA: Let's take a listen to what it is that you said when we were talking about this.HOSTIN: Okay.[Cuts to video]HOSTIN: There are times when I walk into a community and I see American flags all over the community and I suddenly feel unsafe, because there's a section of this country that has co-opted the American flag and they equate being an American or an American flag with white supremacy. And that should never be the symbol of white supremacy but they have weaponized.ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: 'Cause the flag belongs to all of us.HOSTIN: It does belong to all of us.[Cuts back to live]TETA: So -HOSTIN: I stand by that.TETA: Yeah, it's something you've said and been very consistent about. And I've heard it from other people's color for sure.HOSTIN: I was gonna say what's interesting is that this is not a new conversation amongst the black community, in the black community, it's something that we talk about.It's, you know, there was a point when, and I think I've talked about it on the show. I was visiting friends in North Carolina in the Outer Banks and they rented a house there and they had been there many times, a white couple. And on the beach, it's a beach that you can drive cars on. There was, I was walking with the kids. They were pretty young and there was a Confederate flag. And it, I was nervous. I'm in the South. I've got these two kids with me. I look the way that I look and I'm walking past Confederate flag with a group of dudes in a pickup truck on the beach.And I scurried back to the house and I said to the hosts, ‘do you know that there's a Confederate flag out there? You know, it didn't feel great.’ And they had seen the flag for years, but it didn't have the same effect on them as it would have on me. And they said they were sorry. It's not their fault, but they didn't realize that I would get a reaction from that, right?TETA: I quit watching The Dukes of Hazard and looking at the General Lee and never thinking twice about it.HOSTIN: The Confederate flag would mean something - somebody with a Confederate flag today means something different to a black person, perhaps than it means to a white person. So, I use that as an example.I have military - I have people that are in my family that have served Vietnam War, served in Afghanistan, have many, many military members in my family. They have flags outside of their homes. I don't feel uncomfortable with that. I have a flag keychain. My point is when you go into a community that's not a military community, it's not a military base, but it is a community with flags everywhere.Unfortunately, at this point in our country, the American flag has been co-opted by the far-right patriot. They call themselves patriots, people that storm the Capitol with Confederate flags and American flags. And now, people - and they've weaponized the American flag. That is something that is happening in this country.And to deny that, you know, is ridiculous to me.TETA: And what I've seen is talk about collapsing, people have co-opted what you said and tried to manipulate it in the idea that you hate the American flag.HOSTIN: Of course not.TETA: Of course, I mean -HOSTIN: Of course not.TETA: No, it's just you hate what’s been done -HOSTIN: I have an American flag in my home. I'm saying that, unfortunately, at this time, the American flag has been co-opted by the far-right, many in the far-right and white supremacists.TETA: So there are - We were just talking about this off camera. There are now movements to take the flag back, basically, to have people -HOSITN: Which would be great. Because the bottom line is, you know, I don't think that the people that storm the Capitol are patriots. I don't think the January sixers are patriots. I don't think so.And I think that people that, you know, fought for civil rights. I think people that want this country to live up to its ideals and that fight for that. Those people are patriots. And we should be able, and I consider myself one of those people. And I would be very happy to be part of a take the flag back, reclaim the American flag, as a symbol of what it should be, which is, I think, justice, which I think is freedom. I think it’s equality. It's sort of this -TETA: The promise of what it was supposed to be.HOSTIN: The promise of this country.TETA: Absolutely.HOSTIN: And so - we don't - I don't know if they still do the Pledge of Allegiance in schools -TETA: Oh, sure.HOSITN: - but that kind of thing. But that's not what I see often. I see something different.

Even by MS NOW’s standards, Tuesday's edition of The Moment was truly something else. After host Katy Tur played a clip of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett recalling the threats her family has faced since the Dobbs decision leaked, Tur and her assembled cast of characters decided to put the blame on President Trump.Despite just playing a clip of Barrett talking about the reaction to Dobbs, Tur asked Slate senior writer Mark Joseph Stern, “All right, Mark, the Court is your beat. Threefold increase in threats. What's going on?”  NEW: Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett details the chilling threats her family has faced, revealing the terrifying moment her 12-year-old son discovered a bulletproof vest in her bedroom during the fallout of the Dobbs leak.Barrett also recounted a recent "swatting"… pic.twitter.com/Cn6yG0VTYO— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 14, 2026  Stern immediately got to the Trump blaming, “It's absolutely horrifying. It's not at all surprising. And I do think a big part of it is Donald Trump. And that's odd because, of course, Trump wins most of the cases that he takes to the Supreme Court, but that's not enough for him. The few that he does lose, he has to throw a huge temper tantrum, and he has the bully pulpit and all of the cameras pointing to him.”He also claimed, “And so I think that when he has these fits, like he did after the tariffs decision, where he said that some of these justices should be ashamed of themselves and their families should be ashamed of themselves. That is a not so subtle signal to a lot of angry, violent, paranoid people that they need to take matters into their own hands because Trump's soldiers aren't delivering for him. It's not all Trump, but I do think it's a big part.”  Amy Coney Barrett recalled the increased security necessary after the Dobbs leak, so naturally MS NOW blamed Trump. Slate's Mark Joseph Stern, "It's absolutely horrifying. It's not at all surprising. And I do think a big part of it is Donald Trump. And that's odd because of… pic.twitter.com/01lzC4ptjE— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 14, 2026  Tur then repeated Stern’s answer back to him with a misplaced question mark at the end, “She's getting it from not just Democrats or left or liberals who are upset with her decision-making as she described. I think in the beginning there with the decision post-Dobbs, but also Donald Trump supporters?”At no point did Barrett mention the tariff ruling in her recollections about needing additional security. Stern created that to avoid having to talk about pro-abort fanatics. Speaking of things Stern wanted to avoid, Justice Brett Kavanaugh was on the other side of the tariffs case, and he has also been the target of abortion supporters.Later in the segment, former New York assistant district attorney Catherine Christian got in on the blame game, “And Justice Barrett, how can you not feel for her as she describes her sons? She was particularly excoriated by President Trump by name and people on his behalf. She has also—online—she has two children who are black and online there have been photos of her whole family and they make a point of her two children are black. That's clearly you can call it implicitly, explicitly racist, targeting her for that.”  Later, Catherine Christian says, "And Justice Barrett, how can you not feel for her as she describes her sons? She was particularly excoriated by President Trump by name and people on his behalf. She has also online. She has two children who are black and online there have been… pic.twitter.com/tP3a2NLs88— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 14, 2026  Tur herself then added, “So, would it help if — I mean, I don't want to —  there's no whataboutism here? I don't want to say both sides because the political landscape and the environment changed when Donald Trump campaigned in 2015. I'm not pollyanna. I know it's always been ugly. The campaign that we played at the top between John McCain and Barack Obama, that was ugly as well, but it got uglier.”She also claimed that “It got more violent. It got nastier when Donald Trump came into politics. I remember those rallies. I was there. He was imploring people to beat up protesters. ‘I'll pay your legal bills,’ he said. Does this change? And I'm asking you to kind of step outside of your Supreme Court lane here, but does it change if everybody else says, ‘we have to stop,’ but Donald Trump does not?”The truth is the Dobbs decision has required additional security for Supreme Court justices. That may not gel with MS NOW’s desire to blame Trump for everything or to pretend left-wing violence isn’t that big of a deal, but it is nonetheless true.Here is a transcript for the July 14 show:MS NOW The Moment with Katy Tur7/14/20262:03 PM ETKATY TUR: All right, Mark, the Court is your beat. Threefold increase in threats. What's going on?MARK JOSEPH STERN: It's absolutely horrifying. It's not at all surprising. And I do think a big part of it is Donald Trump. And that's odd because, of course, Trump wins most of the cases that he takes to the Supreme Court, but that's not enough for him. The few that he does lose, he has to throw a huge temper tantrum, and he has the bully pulpit and all of the cameras pointing to him.And so I think that when he has these fits, like he did after the tariffs decision, where he said that some of these justices should be ashamed of themselves and their families should be ashamed of themselves. That is a not so subtle signal to a lot of angry, violent, paranoid people that they need to take matters into their own hands because Trump's soldiers aren't delivering for him. It's not all Trump, but I do think it's a big part.TUR: Let me ask you about Amy Coney Barrett in particular.STERN: Yeah.TUR: She's getting it from not just Democrats or left or liberals who are upset with her decision-making—STERN: RightTUR: —as she described. I think in the beginning there with the decision post-Dobbs, but also Donald Trump supporters?…CATHERINE CHRISTIAN: And Justice Barrett, how can you not feel for her as she describes her sons? She was particularly excoriated by President Trump by name and people on his behalf. She has also — online—she has two children who are black and online there have been photos of her whole family and they make a point of her two children are black. That's clearly you can call it implicitly, explicitly racist, targeting her for that.TUR: So, would it help if — I mean, I don't want to —  there's no whataboutism here? I don't want to say both sides because the political landscape and the environment changed when Donald Trump campaigned in 2015. I'm not pollyanna. I know it's always been ugly. The campaign that we played at the top between John McCain and Barack Obama, that was ugly as well, but it got uglier.It got more violent. It got nastier when Donald Trump came into politics. I remember those rallies. I was there. He was imploring people to beat up protesters. “I'll pay your legal bills,” he said. Does this change? And I'm asking you to kind of step outside of your Supreme Court lane here, but does it change if everybody else says, “we have to stop,” but Donald Trump does not?