Is that the link you intended to post? Because all it shows is that only around 40% of the public trust the media (and of those that distrust the media, a substantial proportion don&#x27;t trust the media because they don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s liberal enough). Most people are perfectly capable of distrusting both the media and the candidate that is indisputably advocating points they disagree with. Some of them distrust the media because they think it&#x27;s giving Trump an easy ride.<p>Sure, there is a demographic that sees negative coverage of Trump (and Sanders) as proof he must be the only totally honest guy with real, serious policies. But it isn&#x27;t 3&#x2F;5 of the population, or anything close.<p>I mean, you&#x27;d probably find the figure for British citizens that trust the media to be at least as low. Trouble is, trust in people that the media widely dislike is even lower, and so they still lose.