Ethics ratings plummet for journalists

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A record high portion of people see reporters as low or very low ethical standards, after a year in which the winning president-elect made trashing the media’s honesty a centerpiece of his campaign.

A new Gallup poll said 41 percent of people polled said the media have low ethical standards. That’s 10 points higher than the prior high of 31 percent of those who held the same view of the press in 2008 and 2009.

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