Will Americans trust Al Jazeera America? It depends how they browse the web

While I didn't expect a high level of trust I was surprised by how low the number is. I would like to see numbers for other news outlets, however, before I lose all faith in my fellow man. That's not to say I view AJ (or any other news outlet) as objective or trustworthy but I feel these numbers reflect American perceptions built upon a foundation of ignorance.

&quot;<i>Do you perceive Al Jazeera America as an objective news source.</i>&quot;<p>Wrong question.<p>(ADDED thanks to milsorgen&#x27;s comment: particularly wrong when there aren&#x27;t controls for their MSM competition.)<p>Now, I haven&#x27;t seen any of it yet, but I&#x27;ve heard from multiple sources they do stuff the MSM doesn&#x27;t do, aside from Fox and the OPED page of <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. E.g. gather a not completely biased set of talking heads <i>and let them talk</i>.<p>The don&#x27;t have to be &quot;objective&quot;, they can have an obvious Muslim&#x2F;Arab slant, they need to be <i>interesting</i> ... and with only Fox for opposition it&#x27;s entirely possible they can pull it off. Especially since their powers that be aren&#x27;t part of the US MSM&#x27;s monoculture.

I&#x27;m not sure I can consider Al Jazeera to be objective, considering that its parent company is owned by a member of the Qatari royal family[1]. The royal family is essentially the government of Qatar, which is &quot;ruled as an absolute and hereditary emirate&quot;[2].<p>Would you consider a media company run by the U.S. government to be objective? Or one run by the Russian government? If not, then why would you consider Al Jazeera to be objective?<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamad_bin_Thamer_Al_Thani" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hamad_bin_Thamer_Al_Thani</a><p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Qatar</a>

Russia Today is the best source of news if you don&#x27;t want pandering to the entrenched power structure.<p>Look at today&#x27;s headlines: ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ quietly extended by Congress,EU lawmakers nominate Snowden for Sakharov human rights prize,Syria researcher cited by McCain, Kerry fired for fabricating credentials,CIA starts arming Syrian rebels overtly

I&#x27;ve been reading Al Jazeera for several years now, since they had a big break out with a story that was mentioned in MSM, I forget what exactly.<p>Anyway, in comparison to American MSM, their journalistic merit won&#x27;t be hard to gain in the eyes of critically-minded Americans who are sick of being fed predigested talk bites and transparent pep rallys for Wall Street. The presentation may be a bit biased if you&#x27;re careful and know what to look for, but it&#x27;s nothing in comparison to anything on TV here.