Republican trust in Fox News is down slightly from when we asked in 2020 (57%), and the share of Democrats who trust it is up slightly (from 15%). The exception is Fox News, which 53% of Republicans trust, compared to 19% of Democrats.
The second-largest partisan difference, 49 points, is for news coming from The New York Times: 63% of Democrats trust the outlet, whereas 14% of Republicans do.ĭemocrats, generally, are more trusting of any mainstream news outlet. Nearly two-thirds of Democrats (66%) rate CNN as trustworthy, compared to 11% of Republicans, a 55-point difference, larger than for any other outlet. news outlet, BBC (39%), the national public broadcaster, PBS (41%), and The Wall Street Journal (37%). The most politically polarizing media outlet is CNN, a cable news outfit that has been a frequent target for Donald Trump. The Weather Channel is trailed by the U.K. In fact, the most Americans overall place trust in an organization that rarely covers domestic politics: the Weather Channel (52% of Americans trust it). The poll, conducted from March 26 - 29, shows that while Americans are more likely to trust than distrust many prominent news sources, there are very few organizations that are trusted by more than a small proportion of Americans on both sides of the political aisle. YouGov asked 1,500 Americans where they get their news from and how much they trust a variety of prominent media organizations and news anchors. Americans of opposing political parties are sharply divided on how much they trust the news reported by national media organizations, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.
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