MooseNSquirrel
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Your theory might hold water if it was just republicans who's trust in the media went down. It isn't. Many polls show media trust decreasing significantly among all groups, not just republicans. And again, that was before this election and all the leaks showing that a lot of distrust in the media was justified (Donna Brazille comes to mind). All that did is reinforce the position of those who have been saying for years the media are not to be trusted. Trust in the media is probably much worse now than ever.
2 things:
1. 50% vs 14%? Quite the difference
2. Confirmation bias with a few incidents does not a conspiracy make
People confuse the media reporting on uncomfortable facts about their candidate -- eg Trump on video being a misogynist and disrespecting women or talking about sex with his daughter -- with actual media bias.
The only good example one can bring up is that Fox is clearly biased, which is demonstrably true, but probably not what you meant by media bias.