And nearly half are turning to the Internet for news. I find this statistic a little hard to believe. The reason I’m skeptical is that when I recently did jury duty I was the only one out of the jury pool who stated that I got my news from the Internet (and quite a few people were called before me).

Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new survey.
While most people think journalism is important to the quality of life, 64 percent are dissatisfied with the quality of journalism in their communities, a We Media/Zogby Interactive online poll showed.

BTW, I totally buy the 64% and I’m surprised it’s so low 🙂 Haven’t the 36% watched the snow reports on TV? The reporters are interviewing people who are shoveling their walks as if it were news. And you have to believe that they’ve never driven in the snow when they warn their viewers not to drive after a 1 inch snowfall.
Updated: Well, I’m not the most observant blogger on the world wide web! The much more observant Alan pointed out that it was an online poll which would explain why so many people are getting their news from the Internet.