Confidence In US Media, Government, & Justice-System Collapsing

Several new polls have revealed that the people's confidence in the US media, government, and justice system is collapsing, with it being the lowest average ever seen before.

According to the Gallup Organization's most recent national poll, Americans' confidence in major U.S. institutions, such as the government and the media, is in a state of collapse, with an average of just 27% across all categories.

The majority of Americans still have faith in just the military and small businesses.

The 27 percent average across all categories is the lowest Gallup has ever seen, despite the fact that public trust in institutions has been low for the most of the past 15 years.

The company started tracking institutional trust in 1973 and has done so annually since 1993.

The survey results followed sobering news from Gallup on June 22. The company reported at the time that confidence in the country's general direction dropped to 13% that month, down 3% from May and 9% from March w...

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