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these are some pretty damning results for the mainstream media. not only does the america public seen the media as a bigger threat to election results than russian hackers, it<u+2019>s not even close. 




the washington examiner reports: 




voters fear the media far more than russian hackers when it comes to tampering with election results. 




according to a suffolk university/usa today poll , 46 percent of likely voters believe the news media is <u+201c>the primary threat that might try to change the election results.<u+201d> 




the national political establishment was the second most-suspected group at 21 percent, and another 13 percent were undecided. 




foreign interests, including <u+201c>russian hackers,<u+201d> ranked fourth with 10 percent and <u+201c>local political bosses<u+201d> came in last with 9 percent of likely voters as the main threat to truthful election results. 




here<u+2019>s the underlying data: 




just to prove the point, the atlantic really published the following today and it wasn<u+2019>t meant as a joke. why is hillary clinton so widely loved? https://t.co/c6fn7sduop pic.twitter.com/leje2sibjq 




<u+2014> the atlantic (@theatlantic) november 3, 2016 




the media has no one to blame but itself. 




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new poll shows americans think the media is a much greater threat to election than russian hackers
michael krieger