Does the majority trust the media in South Carolina?

The media continues to push its agenda
on South Carolina, despite rejection
by a majority and electoral losses. 

Do South Carolinians trust the establishment media?  

People likely trust elected officials more than they trust The State newspaper, or other mass distributed print media.

Today, The State newspaper is complaining that public officials, by a weakening of FOI laws, are keeping people in the dark. And they may have a point. 

But does the media realize how bad the media's reputation is? Many in the public see the media's focus as manipulative, or as setting an agenda of the items they deem important. 

The media is not seen as an institution to objectively and fairly, inform an audience.

Example: On July 5, The State newspaper ran an overblown story about the danger of bacteria from rain water runoff at a few points on the Grand Strand. Shortly after the loosely sourced story ran, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen announced his plan to ensure all the water at Myrtle Beach is clean, should he be elected. 

It's to the point that media outrage is meaningless. Media protects its politicians, based on its ideological beliefs. And news coverage is attached to editorial opinion and vice versa.

Another example:

The State's Associate Editor and columnist Cindi Ross Scoppe, on July 23, attacked a tax break, passed by the GOP-Controlled General Assembly. The legislation helps non-public school special needs children with scholarships.

She called the education-funding tax credit a scheme to throw tax dollars at private-schools.

Scoppe decried money leaving the hands of government, and being put under the control of the people.

She said “what governments charge people for is the cost of living in a free society.”

Wow!!!

I bet most of our people are outraged by the arrogance in that statement. The majority would likely see it as out-of-touch with reality. But the media does not get that. If people want true, ethics-driven change, they know it is futile to look toward the media to be an advocate, or a watchdog.

If we want objective redress, we must demand it directly from our elected officials. We cannot depend on the media. The establishment media of today is an impediment to justice and fairness. And the people know that.