News media outlets are increasingly adding light-hearted programming. While it might be easy to blame the ongoing Wall Street turmoil, the public's growing distrust of journalists and a need for comic relief plays a role as well.
A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press revealed that more than half of consumers are distrusting of both print and broadcast media. It was one of a number of studies indicating a decline in public confidence in the ...