MSM Gets Even by Not Trusting Blogs

For those who missed it Tuesday, NYT Op-Ed writer Nicholas D. Kristof laments the mainstream media's continued plummet. LINK. Two excerpts:

A recent report from the Pew Research Center, "Trends 2005," is painful to read. The report says that 45 percent of Americans believe little or nothing in their daily newspapers, up from 16 percent two decades ago.

Since 1973, the National Opinion Research Center has measured public confidence in 13 institutions, including the press. All of the other institutions have generally retained a good measure of public respect, but confidence in the press has fallen sharply since 1990.