These are sad days for journalism. Fortunately, a few realists still practice honest reporting and editing.

But the mainstream media, as political pundit Karl Rove recently wrote, faces a growing crisis of confidence.

Only 9% of Americans told Gallup pollsters that they have “a great deal” of trust in the mass media to report news “fully, accurately and fairly.”

Editor Gerard Baker cites examples of journalistic malfeasance, including – get this – new Pulitzer prizes for “advocacy of approved causes.”

The Washington Post accused Republican governors such as Henry McMaster of ending $300 a week federal unemployment after businesses couldn’t get people to come back to work.

They accused 4 of 19 GOP governors of trying to enrich themselves, since their families or donors own businesses.

Do the 31 other governors aim to discourage people from working? Are you kidding?

Perhaps the Post might report on congressional Democrats who voted for a $7,500 subsidy for buying an electric car, then tried to raise it to $12,500.

Do they have family or friends who received this? Which ones own clean-energy stocks the Green New Deal will help?

The mainstream media doesn’t treat liberals as it does conservatives such as Rep. Joe Wilson and Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham.

How about CNN’s Jake Tapper who won’t talk with any Republicans who challenged the certification of electoral votes for President Joe Biden.

He says they “erode confidence in our democracy” by backing former President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” the 2020 election was stolen.

He ignores that 32 Democrats voted against accepting the results after President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election.

These so-called journalists seem proud to show their ideological and partisan bias.

We urge you to let us know if you ever think reporting in the Chronicle is biased, inaccurate or misleading. You can email me at JerryBellune@yahoo.com

We urge you to let us know if you ever think our reporting in the Chronicle is biased.