Post Due 10/05/10

This week I bring something very interesting to the table. This is a line graph that shows how much confidence people have in the media. The first thing to look at here is the people's opinion of the media after September 11th, 2001. The gap widens a slight amount. Is this a coincidence? The gap might be too small to come to a conclusion. During the next period, 2004-2006, the lines make a dramatic cross. If I remember right, this is about  the time that US troops invaded Iraq. After that, the "% Not very much/None at all" line has been on the rise. Since mid-2007, people have been confused about what to believe. My belief is that people take their feelings of disapproval of governmental decisions and behavior out on the media because their delivering the bad news. I would be interested to see this graph with the four responses have their own trend line (Great deal, Fair amount, Not very much, None at all). This would show us the difference in people who have the extreme opinions.