WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Jan 25, 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, i e. Fake news in typical Axios format.

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<v Speaker 1>The reporter then has to tell his millennial readers why

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<v Speaker 1>it matters. Felix Salmon maybe it's pronounced Salmon, who knows,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>totally 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