NY Times Whines: Distrust of the Media is Undermining Democracy

What a self-serving pile of drivel. These clowns have the temerity to say because people are ignoring them in ever-increasing numbers that democracy is in peril.

Actually, democracy is threatened far more when the alleged paper of record spills national security secrets on its front page.

Get a load of this pap:

It might seem a bit self-flagellating for the editorial board of the New York Times to bemoan the collapse of Americans’ trust in the press over the last 30 years. But it seems that the media’s fall from grace is undermining democracy.

Oh my. Now because people aren't getting their marching orders from this socialist rag, the bumpkins in flyover country may not vote the way the elitist snobs in Manhattan want them to.

Perish the thought.

The news media is supposed to serve the voting public by providing information about candidates’ positions, and thus help voters shape their preferences. But the function breaks down, apparently, when the voting public doesn’t believe what the news media says.

No shit. Especially when what the news media says is seen through worldviews to the left of Joe Stalin.

God, these people are blithering idiots.

Indeed, new research underscores how the unpopularity of America’s traditional news media has promoted political polarization by disconnecting voters from reality, as it were, and thus leaving them to vote exclusively on the basis of ideology and partisan affiliation.

Wow, what a novel concept. People making up their own mind based on what they see from candidates and voting accordingly.

Can't have that in a democracy.

Not only do people no longer trust a large portion of the media, but it's this smug, condescending arrogance and supercilious pomposity that leads people to go elsewhere in search of information.

Let's hope they never figure it out.