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In this year's trust in media poll — conducted from April 3 - 9, 2023 — YouGov asked Americans to say whether they trust, distrust, or neither trust nor distrust the media organizations. From the results, it is possible to determine each outlet's net trust score – that is, how much more likely Americans are to say the outlet is trustworthy or very trustworthy than untrustworthy or very untrustworthy.
The Weather Channel is just one of two outlets polled about that a majority of Republicans trust; the other one is Fox News (56% of Republicans trust it, with a net trust score among them of +41).
This graph is pretty astonishing. Republicans (net) mistrust almost every possible media source.
I mean, it's not surprising that Democrats are more likely to trust Politico or Huffpo than Republicans, but Democrats don't really trust them all that much. All the major broadcast networks and AP and Reuters earn a lot more trust.
It's not surprising that Republicans trust FOX, OAN, Newsmax more than Democrats do, but I do find it surprising that Republicans trust them more than anything other than the Weather Channel.
OAN is more trustworthy than Forbes? NewsMax is more trustworthy than the AP? Only in Bizarro world.
On the flip side, if Republican leaning voters aren't trusting the media, who are they trusting? Unfortunately, I think we know all too well. Some guy on YouTube, this twitter post with a lot of likes, Truth Social...
The Weather Channel is just one of two outlets polled about that a majority of Republicans trust; the other one is Fox News (56% of Republicans trust it, with a net trust score among them of +41).
This graph is pretty astonishing. Republicans (net) mistrust almost every possible media source.
I mean, it's not surprising that Democrats are more likely to trust Politico or Huffpo than Republicans, but Democrats don't really trust them all that much. All the major broadcast networks and AP and Reuters earn a lot more trust.
It's not surprising that Republicans trust FOX, OAN, Newsmax more than Democrats do, but I do find it surprising that Republicans trust them more than anything other than the Weather Channel.
OAN is more trustworthy than Forbes? NewsMax is more trustworthy than the AP? Only in Bizarro world.
On the flip side, if Republican leaning voters aren't trusting the media, who are they trusting? Unfortunately, I think we know all too well. Some guy on YouTube, this twitter post with a lot of likes, Truth Social...