GET THESE POLL RESULTS – HEARTBREAK FOR THE PUNDITRY – AT 8:21 A.M. ET:  Seems that the press is less popular than the president.  What's an anchor to do?  From Newsbusters: 

Monday's PBS NewsHour spotlighted the low trust in the news media, according to the results of their latest poll. Only 30 percent of those surveyed by NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist trust the press "a good deal" or "a great amount." The Trump administration scored seven points better in the same poll. Guest Stuart Rothenberg bemoaned the "horrible trend" towards distrust of the media over the past several decades. NPR's Tamara Keith underlined that "these numbers are part of a very long trend of institutions losing trust from the American people; and that...puts America at risk."

Host Judy Woodruff zeroed on the media's poll numbers near the end of the segment with Rothenberg and Keith. She noted that "one of the things we looked at was...[the] high distrust of the news media." After outlining the numbers, she turned to Rothenberg and asserted that "the bottom line here, Stu, is that the media may be a good whipping boy."

The guest replied, "I think the public sees the media as a political institution — just as they see the White House, the President, and Congress." After pointing out the "horrible trend," Rothenberg pointed out "Gallup numbers in the early 1970s...[where] those of us in the media are regarded much worse than we were back then."

COMMENT:   Yup, that's right.  The public increasingly sees the press as a political institution, aligned with either parties or interests.  And you know what?  The public is right. 

The press is in crisis. Thoughtful journalists know that and want to fix the problem.  Other journalists don't see the problem.

And part of the problem is that journalists are educated in major American universities, where they're taught to think left and show contempt for any opposing argument.  Too many journalists learned the lesson too well.

July 7, 2017