Still plenty of criticism about the industry, most americans continue to believe the media plays an important watchdog role. As we take you through that reports this morning, we want to hear your thoughts. He of us a call. We split our lineup we split our lines up by age group. You can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social media sites, on twitter and facebook. You can also email us at. Ww. Cspan. Org we want to take you to that report that was released on thursday by the Pew Research Center for the people. Public valuations of News Organizations performance on key measures, such as accuracy, fairness, and independents remain mired near alltime lows. There is a bright spot on otherwise gloomy ratings. Brought majority continues to say the press acts like a watchdog and you outside of its role, the pew Research Notes that story has a charge that goes with it, noting the change over the past three decades when they started tracking these numbers back in 1985. The orange line on top is responders who believe that news leaders keep news keeps leaders from doing things that should not be done. The gray lines down here is the number of respondents who believe News Organizations get the facts straight. Those that believe that News Organizations are fair to all sides, that is down to 19 . Not an alltime low, but down there. We want to hear from you as we take you through these poll results numbers on your opinion of this state of the u. S. Media. We will start with jim from akron ohio on our a democrat from akron, ohio. Good morning. I am older. And i have watched the news very years. Y for the last 35 i am a news junkie. It seems certain stations stick with certain lies. They support either conservatives, in some cases, or liberal causes. It should be the reporting of. He facts if they want to editorialize, i think that should be done on a different type of program. On that subject of concerned media organizations of concern over media organizations, the story about cnn and nbc coming out with depictions of Hillary Clinton and one documentary, here is a story from the Huffington Post on that we want to talk we are going to talk with john, calling in on old 32year old to 49year line. What do you think of the rncs position on this documentary miniseries coming out . We need the republicans to stand up. Somebody has the guts to stand up. It is just incredible how you now have an us how you have a mess nbc packing obama. Backing obama. Each News Organization should and not takects control of our elections. It is pretty sad to see that in. If you go against anything they say, you are a racist and you do not like the president. You i think our country is at a turning point. I hope the republicans come up with a decent candidate in 2016. That is all i have to say. Is out ofis country control, our media is out of , they should report the facts and not their agendas. We want to show you what documentariesese and miniseries about former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. This is from bloomberg tv. [video clip] clucks we are going to do what we want to do and were just going to shut them out of our debates. It is not whining, it is us telling them what we are going to do about it. Already getting comments on twitter and facebook. This is on our twitter page we are taking your calls and thoughts on this issue. Our phone lines are split up by age group this morning. Along with talking about peoples views on the media and its content, that Pew Research Poll that came out on thursday also looked into how people consume their media. That shows that the internet is a leading source of news for those under 50. The Research Report finds that the main source for national the Research Report also shows those numbers in chart form on. Ow people consume their media this chart showing 18 to 29 yearolds, the dark line there is the internet being the top way they view or consume their media. I should note that in this polling, respondents were about were allowed to pick two choices. 71 said jeanette, 55 said television, and theres newspaper and radio. Compare that to those who are 65 or older, which is down here on this chart. Television being the top way that they consume their media. 84 responded. 54 picked newspapers. Radio down to and 15 . We are taking your thoughts and comments. We will go to our 5264yearold line. Should vote to old 264yearold line. I do not have a computer. I would rather listen to the television. Sometimes i read the paper. I feel like reading the paper is a very important part of finding out what is going on in our country. When you look at 9 11, what broke the news, i was watching the television that morning. Media. Ot do away with media plays a very important part of our lives here in the United States. When you have pictures that show us what is going on in other , intries and in our country think you cannot do away with that. Believe in polls. I have never been polled about anything. I am 61. Where do you get these polls from . This is a Pew Research Center poll. They have been doing a poll on the subject since at least 1985. I have never been polled. [indiscernible] we are going to kentucky on our 39yearold line. On our 30 to 49yearold line. The consolidation of media and billionaires like the trying to purchase media. The much of the news i get is from cspan or independent media like democracy now. What are your thoughts on the blurring of the lines between entertainment and hard news . Is that an issue that you think is happening in todays media . Time. big you hear more about Michael Jackson and Britney Spears than you do hard news stories. It is a slow day when all you see is entertainment. Report the news. That are goinggs to affect everyday life. I do not want to read about pretty spears or whoever else. I will Read National enquirer or one of the capital the tablets. Talk of and himself back in the conservative bubble. Like he may not be taking the white house in 2016. Line on this issue of the between entertainment and hard news, there was an issue that came up thursday at a politics and journalism for him here in d. C. I want to show you a little bit of buzz feed Washington Bureau chief talking about the history of that subject. [video clip] we have created this notion that there were decades and centuries long. Of centuries long period of doing serious news. Suddenly Kim Kardashian is the destruction of journalism. It is wrong. ,he history of this profession those things are talk about. That is what people want to know. They want to know what is going on with Kim Kardashian. A want to know what is going on with sports teams. They also want to know when a general is acting like a crazy person and saying bad things about the commanderinchief. They want that hardhitting journalism. I have never understood the notion that those things cannot coexist together. There are serious journalists that write these stories about politics and then sort of these other idiots that do that sort of stuff. We are taking your thoughts in the next halfhour on the subject of the state of new on the state of u. S. Yo news media. Linda wrightson layla writes in we are taking you through a recent Pew Research Center poll. We will go to gym from Chicago Illinois on our 65 and older line. Caller caller good moaning. Good morning. Caller i consider myself a news junkie. Theyre sticking unlike american newspapers, which i consider that they are acting like a bunch of prostitutes. The fact that the corporations own the news medias these days. Host you bring up the state of newspapers. Let me read you a bit from that report we have been talking about this morning. Itsnewspaper budgets have shrunk and news staff has declined. Atfessional editorial jobs newspapers declined another 6. 4 for the year in 2012, leading the industry before the industry below 40,000 for the First Time SinceAmerican Society of news editors began news for the census in 1978. We are going to show a chart on newsroom workforce and how it has risen and fallen over the years. Today is down below 40,000. Does that concern you in terms of Staff Members and number of members on staff for newspapers . Theres no such thing as investigative reporting. They are concerned about the bottom line. Money seems to be the issue. I think that is why the Washington Post, the boston globe, they are losing money each year. Up the sale ofs the Washington Post. That is one of the big stories here in washington dc last week. Heres the front page from august 6, when the post announced the sale. It was sold to amazon founder jeff bezos. To buy one of the seas flagship papers. Continues about the jeff bezos purchase. Heres the front page of the Washington Post. Also inside, the portrait of jeff bezoss curious mind. A picture there of jeff bezos, the Washington Post, for a reported 250 million. We will take you through some of the aspects of that story. We will first hear from patty from north branford, connecticut old line. 64year did you hear about the sale of the Washington Post up there in connecticut . I did. Caller maybe it will get rid of the liberal bias. That has all been in the New York Times. I am calling up to say that i think the press are lapdogs to obama. Last week we had the press conference. They talked about questions and nothing about the internal revenue, fast and furious, healthcare, benghazi, then of these things are all softball questions. Puts obama iness office, now they have to make him look good. Is acrossu think it theboard . Is there anyone doing a good job . Caller 75 is biased, i believe that. I get my information from the internet. Host what sites do you usually used to get your information . Caller i draw my own conclusion. If you put it on Television Like nbc, the are way off. If they are going to make a movie about hillary, hit the mall. Hit them all. Host we were just talking about the sale of the Washington Post to jeff bezos, the amazon the founder of amazon. Your is another story in todays here ist issue another story on todays post on that issued that is from todays Washington Post. One other story on this issue, and analysis of the purchase. This is from the Financial Times yesterday. The headline that analysis piece from the Financial Times yesterday. If you want to read more on that we are taking your thoughts and comments on the state of u. S. News media. John is up next from watertown, new york on our dirty49year old line. 30 49yearold line. When youre dealing with a local issue, it is important to have a press that is more and go afterig in wrongdoers, no matter what side they are on. You get to a regional and national level, instead of having investigative journalists you have people who are pundits for one side or another and they pushed their agenda. It is what it is. How can the national News Organizations become like those milk will News Organizations that you seem to trust more . Those local News Organizations that you seem to trust more . I am knowledgeable on a lot of things but sometimes i just find myself way outside my lane. I do not have an answer for it. Host thank you for the call. Can is up next from scottsdale, arizona on our 65 and older line. We showed some stats a little while ago about how folks in different age groups consume their media according to the Pew Research Poll that came out last week . As your topou rank medium for consuming media . Caller for serious news, the newspapers. They are the only true source of information that you can use. Ast i am showing our viewers chart showing the slide in print 22012,s from 2003 billions of dollars in 2003 down 2012. Billion per year in concern about the future of newspapers on your part, as somebody who sees newspapers as a source of serious news . Seenr it remains to be years from now what happens with the Washington Post. It is not going to show up right away, good or bad. Yes, the longterm concern is there. If the papers go away america will be in very serious trouble because when you get down to it the television reporters are , what that one guy said, they are lap poodles. It is basically nothing more than lap pools for house members here in phoenix. You just do not know what is going on in washington from the Electronic Media at all. For the callou this morning. On that subject that you talked about on the future of newspapers and specifically what might happen with the Washington Post, and this bezos by jeff mightve contributed to part the sale. Heres a bit of what he said. [video clip] was latemily was in in adopting a payroll product, which most of the major market has already started doing. The fact that they couldve started that years ago, the way the Financial Times or the wall street journal had done years ago, i think maybe that certainly hastens their financial difficulties, that they were so late to doing a pay wall. Politico is a block in bc. They have a high tier subscription product, which seems to be doing very well. It wasnt as if there wasnt a market for it. I think they are trying to balance the issue of being a Community Newspaper as well as an inside beltway read. That is where they might have taken a misstep. That episode will reair on monday at 8 a. M. And 8 p. M. Eastern. We are taking your thoughts and comments on the state of u. S. Media. We also want to share with you some of the other news going on around the country. This is from todays new york obama assures disabled veterans they will get aid. Host that from todays New York Times. One other story we want to point out to you on u. S. Actions overseas. Two drone kills we will get more into our qaeda threats and u. S. Actions in yemen in a later segment of todays show. We have about 15 minutes left to talk about the state of u. S. Media with our viewers. 3049is up next on our yearold line from tampa, florida. Good morning to you. Caller i just wanted to say i love that having people from across the political spectrum, they can agree that the media is incredibly important, and also that the media is in crisis. The fact of the matter is that work for do not informing the american public. As somebody mentioned earlier about the iraq war, the media did not question or anything or Something Like that. Another gentleman mentioned Kim Kardashian. They are extremely busy, but they are busy and covering exactly what they want to cover. Im sorry. Im a little nervous. They are covering things that are not of import. For the iraq war, they championed it. They did not sit on their laurels. They championed and cheerlead it it. Host monti writes in on twitter what do you make of that statement . Caller i think it is interesting that most of the American Media is a corporate business. It is a corporate enterprise. I law, corporate enterprise, the number one priority is to make profits or shareholders. It is not a priority to inform the american public. If youre getting your information from corporate media, you are being sold allies. They are trying to convince you to buy things that you do not need. It is not about informing you. That is all i have to say. This justin from tampa morning. Another comment on our Facebook Page from patty www. Facebook. Com cspan. We are looking for your comments there and taking your tweets. We will go to carl from alabama on our 5064yearold line. Good morning. Caller good morning. They cover all different kinds of eggs. It is ridiculous kinds of things. It is ridiculous great we have 20,000 people without work. In missouri, they went bankrupt on their retirement. We cannot get no publicity on that. It has gotten ridiculous. Thats all. People in america, they are covering what i call petty things, like the kardashians and that stuff, but we have 20,000 people that are unable to work come a work. They are cutting their checks out, their insurance out. This tuesday, there was a rally up there in missouri. Theres nobody left with local news. Host it is a priority issue in your mind . Caller yes, it is. Host let me ask you about the finding. This Pew Research Center poll found that 68 of folks who responded said that News Organizations keep leaders from doing things that should not be done. That media still plays an important watchdog role. Do you disagree with that finding . Are you in the category that would not agree that the media keeps leaders from doing things that should not be done . Caller they do not watch it close enough. Out about areport guy killed in iraq. Here who 20,000 people are retired who cannot even get their checks. Nobody knows about it because they will not put it on the air for us. Host carl is from alabama. Upl be is up next obvious next on our 1829 your old line. Is up next on our 18 29yearold line. Caller there are a lot of things that are not being discussed on every major news channel on tv right now. We