Gallup: Confidence in media hits new low of 28%
Gallup reveals trust in U.S. media has dropped to 28%, with Republicans at 8% and Democrats at a historic low majority of 51%, highlighting deep partisan and generational divides.
- Only 28% of Americans trust the media to report news fairly, a record low since 1972, according to Gallup.
- The survey revealed that 70% of Americans have low confidence in the media, with 36% showing 'not very much' and 34% having 'none at all.'
- Republicans' trust in the media dropped to 8%, marking the first time it has fallen to single digits according to Gallup.
- Older Americans showed higher confidence in the media than younger groups, with 43% of adults 65 and older expressing trust, as noted by Megan Brenan.
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Gallup Poll: Americans’ Trust in Media at Record Low
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Trust in Media in United States Hits Record Low: Gallup Survey
Trust in media among Americans has hit a record low, according to a Gallup survey released on Oct. 2. Just 28 percent of adults told Gallup that they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media. That’s a decline from 31 percent in 2024, 32 percent in 2023, 40 percent in 2020, and a peak of 72 percent in 1976, shortly after Gallup first started asking about trust in the media in 1972. In the latest survey, carried out Sept 2–26, 8 perc…
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* Gallup… Americans’ confidence in the mass media has edged down to a new low, with just 28% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. This is down from 31% last year and 40% five years ago. Meanwhile, seven in 10 U.S. [...]
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