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Trust needs to be earned, so its no surprise that social media trust started low and may remain low unless/until those sources prove themselves trustworthy. With regard to traditional media (TV, radio, newsprint, etc.), it appears from how they behave that most outlets have become a mouthpiece for either the left or the right. This is quite evident by how they filter their news content in determining what is news-worthy. Therefore, I for one no longer trust them to be fair and impartial. One good example of this is the recent March for Life that took place in DC a few weeks ago. It attracted by some counts 300k participants, but it was almost completely ignored by most major media producers. Another example has been the almost as total lack of coverage for the recent climategate scandal that has helped expose the fraud surrounding the global-warming movement. These examples and others show how one-sided our traditional news media have become. It is now up to each of us to determine for ourselves what sources are trustworthy or not. Maybe that, at least in part, is why our society is becoming so polarized. Technology is less controversial, so its not surprising that there are less trust issues.
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