Experts on poll showing media far less trusted than police: 'Only so many times you can try to hide' riots

Media critics had a variety of reactions to a new Gallup poll showing while the media and Congress continue to lack public trust, the police were the only institution surveyed to have gained public confidence since last year.

"Just stunning numbers when considering the context," Fox News contributor Joe Concha said. Concha noted that in the late 1970s, which he termed "the age of [Walter] Cronkite and [Roger] Mudd and [David] Brinkley," trust in media was north of 70 percent. Now, as Gallup indicated, that number has plummeted. The reason, Concha said, "is simple."