Poll: Majority of Americans do not trust the press
10 March 2008
By Jeffrey Blyth
More than 50 per cent of Americans now say they don't trust the press. This is the disturbing finding of a new Harris Poll.
But it's not because Americans trust other media more. Some 46 per cent of those polled say they do not trust television either, while 41 per cent say they do not trust internet news. Almost a third of Americans, meanwhile, say they don't trust radio news. So no-one really comes out ahead.
While the trust level for internet news is higher than most other types of media, its not where most American turn for political news. Seventy percent tune into their local television news, followed by 66 percent who watch cable tv news programmes such as CNN and FOX. While 65 per cent still read their local papers for political news.....
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