Credibility Approaches Zero

Well, "zero" is a bit of an exaggeration.

But not much of one.

...False or misleading information is the inevitable product of a lack of trust in authoritative, sense-making institutions. For decades, trust in public institutions, such as government, media, and academia, has been declining. 69% of Americans believe their government intentionally lies to them, while 61% believe the news media deliberately ignores certain stories or information. Much of this decline can be attributed to the failures of the institutions themselves: institutional deficiencies that are perfectly captured in the response to, and media coverage of, the COVID-19 crisis. A combination of incompetence, hypocrisy, and duplicity in the handling of the virus has shattered the public’s faith in media, local government, and federal agencies. As it pertains to information about the coronavirus, only 36% of Americans claim to trust the CDC, while 26% trust their state and local government, and only 18% trust the media....

The essay points out that Fraudci TOLD us he's a lying sack of s**t--which doesn't help.