On Texas floods, the media take their cue directly from the Democrats' talking points

The most obvious explanation for why trust in media is at its lowest point in five decades is that much of what passes for news reporting these days is unreliable — sometimes intentionally so.

But there’s an equally credible, though less-discussed, theory for the trust gap: The news industry is rife with unlikeable creeps.

Take, for example, the smug, self-serving coverage of the deadly flooding in Central Texas over the July 4 weekend. Approximately 120 people across five counties have lost their lives.