WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Apr 15, 2021

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<v Speaker 1>Axios writer Felix Salmon reports that trust in the drive

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<v Speaker 1>by media has reached a low point in America. It's

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<v Speaker 1>so low that he says it's at a crisis state now.

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<v Speaker 1>He reports that, for the first time ever, fewer than

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<v Speaker 1>half of all Americans trust the traditional media, meaning the

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<v Speaker 1>drive buys. Almost six Americans believe that most traditional news

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<v Speaker 1>outlets are more concerned with an ideology or a political

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<v Speaker 1>position than they are reporting the news. Almost the same

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<v Speaker 1>percentage think that the drive by media journalists are willing

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<v Speaker 1>to tell gross exaggerations and to report things they know

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<v Speaker 1>are false e Fake news in typical Axios format. The

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<v Speaker 1>reporter then has to tell his millennial readers why it matters.

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<v Speaker 1>Felix Salmon maybe it's pronounced Salmon, who knows, says this

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<v Speaker 1>matters because faith in society central institutions, especially in government

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<v Speaker 1>and media, is the glue that holds society together, and

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<v Speaker 1>that glue, he says, is visibly dissolving, and for many

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<v Speaker 1>millions of Americans, it's disappeared completely. Salmon does not understand

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<v Speaker 1>that the reason six of Americans have no faith in

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<v Speaker 1>the media or in his precious government institutions is because

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<v Speaker 1>they're smart. They know the drive bys and the deep

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<v Speaker 1>state government are run by dishonest, corrupt, vicious leftists, and

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<v Speaker 1>for the last four years they've seen those liberals totally

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<v Speaker 1>deranged with hatred for Trump and everyone who supports him.

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<v Speaker 1>That's really why it matters, and they don't even have

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<v Speaker 1>the slightest idea