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urgjotonlkec t1_j413coq wrote

I just want to point out that perception and reality are two vastly different things. The government and media was doing shady stuff this whole time, we're just more aware of it now. To a certain extent this increased distrust is a good thing. Unfortunately most people still only have one eye open. They're just noticing the shady stuff the "other side" is doing while being completely blind to their own sides shortcomings.

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Bubbagumpredditor t1_j41ah9i wrote

How much of the distrust in the press was trump screaming about the lying press to help cover his shit up? So now people move into psycho qanon webpage stuff.

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urgjotonlkec t1_j41axgq wrote

Not much since the big decline happened in the 1990s and the trend is downward across this entire graph all the way back to the 1970s.

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[deleted] t1_j41b4qn wrote

You just proved OP’s point lmfao

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Bubbagumpredditor t1_j41bpqn wrote

Wtf are you babbling about?

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[deleted] t1_j426xdu wrote

He said most people are too ignorant to view this outside of partisanship and your response was “but trump!!!!” Literally proving his point

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