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Originally Posted by Rick Mullin
Yes, and it's also true that if poetry were dead, people would pay top dollar for it.
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What an excellent point, Rick. Yes, it's worth pointing out that journalists have fallen out of favor and on hard times, when poetry might be looking awfully good to people as an alternative:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/403166/...ecord-low.aspx
Just 7% of Americans have "a great deal" of trust and confidence in the media, and 27% have "a fair amount." Meanwhile, 28% of U.S. adults say they do not have very much confidence and 38% have none at all in newspapers, TV and radio. Notably, this is the first time that the percentage of Americans with no trust at all in the media is higher than the percentage with a great deal or a fair amount combined.
Americans' Trust In Media Remains Near Record Low
BY MEGAN BRENAN