1. Democrats report much higher levels of trust in a number of news ...

One of the clearest differences between Americans on opposing sides of the political aisle is that large portions of Democrats express trust ...

U.S. Media Polarization and the 2020 Election: A Nation Divided

As the U.S. enters a heated 2020 presidential election year, Republicans and Democrats place their trust in two nearly inverse news media ...

Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low - Gallup News

Americans' confidence in the media is at its lowest point, as Democrats' confidence is near the record low and Republicans' is almost ...

Americans' Trust In Media Remains Near Record Low - Gallup News

At 34%, Americans' trust in the mass media to report the news "fully, accurately and fairly" is essentially unchanged from last year and just two points higher ...

Media Mistrust Has Been Growing for Decades—Does It Matter?

Journalism is buffeted by political polarization, economic challenges, and the rise of social media, but at its best it's also an antagonist ...

Trust in Media 2023: What news outlets do Americans trust most for ...

The Weather Channel remains the most trusted news source among Americans overall. Americans are 53 points more likely to call The Weather Channel trustworthy.

Why do more Democrats than Republicans trust The Daily Caller ...

The results of a new poll on partisan media trust are surprising — and inevitable.

Trust in media is so low that half of Americans now believe that news ...

Only 23% of respondents believed journalists were acting in the public's best interests, the Gallup survey found.

American Views 2022: Part 2, Trust Media and Democracy

New data show that more independents today report distrusting news than ever previously reported. Yet, trust in local news organizations ...

An Assessment of the Rapid Decline of Trust in US Sources of ...

In multivariate analyses, factors associated with rating the CDC, state health department, and a university as trustworthy sources of COVID-19 information were ...

Trust in Media 2022: Where Americans get their news and who they ...

The most politically polarizing media outlet is CNN. Nearly two-thirds of Democrats (66%) rate CNN as trustworthy, compared to 11% of ...

How much Republicans and Democrats trust or understand the ...

It should come as no surprise today that the partisan divide over news is a troubling and significant issue as the United States comes to ...

Republicans and Democrats live in “nearly inverse news media ...

"In the more compact Republican media ecosystem, one outlet towers above all others: Fox News. It would be hard to overstate its connection ...

What Does “Trust in the Media” Mean?

This essay tries to reach a deeper understanding of what gives rise to faith or skepticism in various cultural authorities, including journalism.

The trust gap: how and why news on digital platforms is viewed ...

What role, if any, do social media, search engines, and messaging apps play in eroding the public's confidence in the news media? In virtual ...

Indicators of news media trust - Knight Foundation

An experimental approach not only showed the importance of accuracy, bias and transparency, but also revealed a complex relationship between ...

Misinformation in action: Fake news exposure is linked to lower trust ...

One major concern about fake news is that it could damage the public trust in democratic institutions. We examined this possibility using ...

Polarization, Democracy, and Political Violence in the United States

The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program is a leading source of independent policy research, writing, and outreach on global ...

Two Stories of In America - More in Common

According to More in Common's research, less than one in four Americans believe the federal government, American corporations, and national.

The State of Public Trust in Government 2024

A new national survey conducted by the Partnership for Public Service confirms that America's crisis of public trust in government is growing.