MSNBC’s Katy Tur Wonders If She’s Doing ‘More Harm Than Good’

MSNBC host Katy Tur wonders if she’s doing "more harm than good" as a journalist as trust in the media has dwindled in recent years, reports Fox News Digital.

"People don’t trust us," Tur said last week.

In an interview promoting her new memoir, Tur was asked by The Hill’s Niall Stanage about admitting that she almost walked away from journalism altogether during the COVID-19 pandemic and how she feels about the industry overall.

"It’s something that I don’t have a concrete answer to, and that’s not because I don’t love journalism, I do, it’s just convergence of two issues," Tur said.

"One of them being that we cover very dark stuff, in succession, and it seems like its getting darker and darker and it can be hard on your mental health," Tur said, citing political divisions, frequent mass shootings and other tragic incidents.

"It can be a bit demoralizing, and then on top of that, there was just a Gallup poll out today that shows that the trusts in media – newspapers and television – is hitting an all-time low," she said.

 

.@KatyTurNBC: "The trust in media, in newspapers and television, is hitting an all time low. People don't trust us. They don't believe us, and it makes me wonder if this job —as I'm currently doing it— is effective, but if it's doing more harm than good." https://t.co/eUKLZPCUHm pic.twitter.com/PfjXakQThZ

— The Hill (@thehill) July 17, 2022

Indeed, the recent Gallup poll indicated confidence in newspapers and television newscasts has crumbled.

Only 16% of Americans said they have a "great deal or quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers in 2022, a 5% drop compared to the 2021 findings, according to Gallup. It was the lowest number to give those answers since Gallup started asking about newspapers in 1973.