Americans With ‘No Trust’ in Media Hits Record High
thewrap.comGallup poll. Americans’ trust in the mass media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly” is almost unchanged from last year at 34%, just two points higher than the lowest Gallup ever recorded in 2016 during the presidential campaign.Only 7% of American adults have a great deal of trust and confidence in newspapers, TV and radio news, while 27% have a fair amount.
Of those surveyed, 28% don’t have much confidence in media, while 38% have none at all.Americans’ trust in media remains divided along party lines, with 70% of Democrats and 14% of Republicans saying they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence.
This double-digit gap between the two political parties has been present since 2001. Though the margin jumped 10 percentage points in 2020, this is the third straight year a majority of Republicans revealed their distrust for mainstream media organizations, according to Gallup.
And at 27%, independents’ confidence is at the lowest point in the trend. In fact, this is also the first time that it has fallen below 30%.
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