The Observer Why Facebook and Microsoft say chatbots are the talk of the town

Software programmed to interact with humans is hot property in Silicon Valley, with potential benefits for businesses, consumers – even the bereaved
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/18/chatbots-talk-town-interact-humans-technology-silicon-valley?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_a-technology_b-gdntech#link_time=1474198366

A week with CNN’s Corey Lewandowski

Columbia Journalism Review

Partisan hackery is a feature, not a bug, of many cable programs, and networks’ stables of on-air analysts are filled with thoroughbreds. CNN contributor Corey Lewandowski is not unique in that regard. What makes Donald Trump’s former campaign manager different from his counterparts on the split-screen is threefold: He has a non-disparagement agreement with his former boss; he will continue receiving severance payments from the Trump campaign until after the election; and he reportedly still advises the GOP nominee on an unofficial basis.

MEDIA USE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION REPORT

2. TRUST IN THE MEDIA
- Trust in the media has increased slightly -
Trust in the various media has increased slightly in autumn 2014, after having been stable between the Standard Eurobarometer surveys of autumn 2012 and autumn 2013.

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http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb82/eb82_media_en.pdf

MEDIA USE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION REPORT

The European Commission in September 2015 reported in the Standard Eurobarometer 

After rising between autumn 2013 (EB80) autumn 2014 (EB82), trust in the media has declined again slightly in the autumn 2015 survey. 

Radio remains most trusted, but it has lost three percentage points since autumn 2014  

A narrow majority of respondents continue to trust television, but it too has lost ground  

An unchanged minority of respondents trust the written press gained two points in autumn 2014. 

Just over a third of Europeans say they trust the Internet two in ten Europeans say they trust online social networks 

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Last year:

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb82/eb82_media_en.pdf

Trust in the media is the first casualty of a post-factual war

As politics polarises, the mainstream media is being abandoned in favour of partisan reporting – or no reporting at all

Peter Preston: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/sep/24/trust-in-media-first-casualty-post-factual-war-corbyn-trump?CMP=twt_a-media_b-gdnmedia

Compare with Euromonitor Trust research

Trust – or rather, the absence of it – stands suddenly top of journalism’s talking shop. Gallup in the US releases another of its annual polls that shows trust in the mass media “to report the news fully, accurately and fairly” has dropped to its lowest level in polling history – with only 32% saying they have a great deal or fair amount of such confidence.

Those findings are down eight percentage points from last year. Compare and contrast a whopping 72% trust rating on parallel Gallups in 1972, opinions sampled directly after the Watergate heroics: different reputations, different times.

                   

And as for Britain, the ambitious director of the Impress regulation project has been setting out his stall recently. “The press is sitting on a trust timebomb,” claims Jonathan Heawood. He cites Ipsos Mori results showing that a mere 25% of the UK public trust journalists to tell the truth – and he produces wider European research to reveal that we’re flat bottom for reverence right across the continent. “Only 22% of the British public say they tend to trust the press, the lowest rating in Europe. 73%, nearly three-quarters of the public, say they tend not to trust the press, the worst trust rating by a long way – beyond Greece on 65%, and Serbia on 63%”.

Impress, naturally enough, doesn’t let such disquieting perceptions lie. It contrasts newspapers’ ratings’ mire with the somewhat higher confidence levels that broadcasters enjoy. Why? Because they’re monitored by Ofcom rules on evidence checks, fairness, balance and the rest – an underlying ring of confidence. And now, Heawood claims, the press and attendant websites can choose the same higher ground – by signing up for Impress regulation and displaying its “trust mark” on their front pages.

Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Historical Low

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Four in 10 Americans say they have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust and confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. This ties the historical lows on this measure set in 2014 and 2012. Prior to 2004, slight majorities of Americans said they trusted the mass media, such as newspapers, TV and radio.

Sept 2015

Gallup Poll

Trust in the media is the first casualty of a post-factual war

As politics polarises, the mainstream media is being abandoned in favour of partisan reporting – or no reporting at all

Peter Preston: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/sep/24/trust-in-media-first-casualty-post-factual-war-corbyn-trump?CMP=twt_a-media_b-gdnmedia

Compare with Euromonitor Trust research

Trust – or rather, the absence of it – stands suddenly top of journalism’s talking shop. Gallup in the US releases another of its annual polls that shows trust in the mass media “to report the news fully, accurately and fairly” has dropped to its lowest level in polling history – with only 32% saying they have a great deal or fair amount of such confidence.

Those findings are down eight percentage points from last year. Compare and contrast a whopping 72% trust rating on parallel Gallups in 1972, opinions sampled directly after the Watergate heroics: different reputations, different times.

                   

And as for Britain, the ambitious director of the Impress regulation project has been setting out his stall recently. “The press is sitting on a trust timebomb,” claims Jonathan Heawood. He cites Ipsos Mori results showing that a mere 25% of the UK public trust journalists to tell the truth – and he produces wider European research to reveal that we’re flat bottom for reverence right across the continent. “Only 22% of the British public say they tend to trust the press, the lowest rating in Europe. 73%, nearly three-quarters of the public, say they tend not to trust the press, the worst trust rating by a long way – beyond Greece on 65%, and Serbia on 63%”.

Impress, naturally enough, doesn’t let such disquieting perceptions lie. It contrasts newspapers’ ratings’ mire with the somewhat higher confidence levels that broadcasters enjoy. Why? Because they’re monitored by Ofcom rules on evidence checks, fairness, balance and the rest – an underlying ring of confidence. And now, Heawood claims, the press and attendant websites can choose the same higher ground – by signing up for Impress regulation and displaying its “trust mark” on their front pages.