Opinion Today
December 1, 2025
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media David Bauder, Associated Press Asked by the News Literacy Project for one word to describe today’s news media, 84% of teens responded with something negative — “biased,” “crazy,” “boring,” “fake, ”bad,” “depressing,” “confusing,” “scary.” More than half of the teens surveyed believe journalists regularly engage in unethical behaviors like making up details or quotes in stories, paying sources, taking visual images out of context or doing favors for advertisers. GOP voters backed Trump as the ‘anti-war’ candidate. Now many back action in Venezuela. Philip Bump, MS NOW Many Trump supporters bought his questionable line about not starting any “new wars” — but new polling shows they’re supportive of military action against Venezuela.
