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These are the most — and the least — trusted news sources in the U.S.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:26 am
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:26 am
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Maybe it’s the accent. When it comes to news, Americans deemed British media more trustworthy than their U.S. counterparts in a world where “fake news” has emerged as an ideological battle cry and less of an oxymoron.
The most trusted news source in the U.S. is The Economist — a weekly magazine published in the U.K., according to a recent survey from the University of Missouri’s Reynolds Journalism Institute.
The second-most reliable is public television, followed by Reuters and BBC. Two U.S. nonprofit outlets, NPR and PBS, came in at fifth and sixth, while the U.K.’s The Guardian clinched the seventh spot. The U.S.-based Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Dallas Morning News rounded out the top 10 trusted names in journalism.
The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp. NWS, -1.18% NWSA, -0.80% the parent of MarketWatch.
At the other extreme, Occupy Democrats — a political website with a self-claimed agenda of counterbalancing the Republican Tea Party — won the dubious honor of being the most untrustworthy in the nation. Buzzfeed, Breitbart and Infowars also scored dismally on the trust-meter.
The results were based on a survey of more than 8,000 people conducted by 28 media organizations in the U.S. Participation was voluntary but respondents tended to reside near the news outlets that made the questionnaire available on their websites, and leaned toward the liberal side of the political spectrum.
From Market Watch -- This has to be Fake News, right?
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Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:27 am to FrenchToast
Saw WaPo as trusted news site.
This shite is FAKE NEWS.
This shite is FAKE NEWS.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:31 am to FrenchToast
Some of those sources to the left side of the graphic regularly print/broadcast the exact same news in the exact same manner as other sources to the right side of the graphic. They copy each other. How can they be on opposite sides of the scale?
This post was edited on 8/8/17 at 10:49 am
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:31 am to 50_Tiger
What if I told you a lot of times you scream fake news you're just upset at the content and not the source?
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:36 am to FrenchToast
Lol at WaPo. Everything else seems reasonable at a glance. I would put FNC and CNN at equally trustworthy (both closer to where FNC is listed). Daytime Fox is actually decently balanced. Night time is where the ratings are, though, so I get the skew to the left side of the graph.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:36 am to FrenchToast
The Economist is as center of the road publication as I have ever read. Regardless of the rest of the list, that's a good one to have at the top.
This post was edited on 8/8/17 at 10:38 am
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:37 am to FrenchToast
I have to trust the poll respondents' opinion for this to mean anything.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:40 am to FrenchToast
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Dallas Morning News rounded out the top 10 trusted names in journalism.
They've become so left-wing on their opinion pieces that if it weren't for the obits, sports stats, and Sunday ads/coupons I'd have cancelled my subscription a long time ago.
Even their sports opinion pieces are terrible. In college football, UT-Austin can do no wrong, Texas A&M can do no right. And in baseball Jon Daniels is the greatest GM in MLB history (never mind how he's run the Rangers into the toilet).
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:41 am to CollegeFBRules
NPR is way Left nowadays. They should be in the left section, any news organization that is bias needs to be on left(including Fox).
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:42 am to Quidam65
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They've become so left-wing on their opinion pieces that if it weren't for the obits, sports stats, and Sunday ads/coupons I'd have cancelled my subscription a long time ago.
By nature of it being an opinion piece it is admittidely biased, so I am completely unsure of how that can be a reason for you to be miffed.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:44 am to FrenchToast
Did they poll 65 year old dems? How the frick is the "internet" untrusted?
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:44 am to Colonel Flagg
Maybe this is some insight into their poll sample.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:45 am to 50_Tiger
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Saw WaPo as trusted news site.
This shite is FAKE NEWS.
They aren't, but they certainly don't agree with your incorrect view of the world.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:45 am to FrenchToast
The fact that Dallas Morning News, Washington Post, NPR, PBS, BBC, Politco, Tme, Seattle Times are rated that trustworthy given all of their slant and agenda is pretty disturbing.
Although I don't agree with Trumps little news network. I can understand why, from this data, it was created.
Although I don't agree with Trumps little news network. I can understand why, from this data, it was created.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:48 am to FrenchToast
Mostly moderates and leftists polled, per the article.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:57 am to 50_Tiger
quote:Well it's not a survey that is intended to be representative of the population. It was done by media organizations the respondents are probably largely from metro areas, and the ideology data indicate it probably was since people were far more likely to identify as liberal than conservative.
Saw WaPo as trusted news site.
This shite is FAKE NEWS.
That being said, I think the general trend is probably pretty representative, albeit the strength is skewed liberal. For example, I would expect BBC, WSJ, and The Economist to be among the most trusted.
I think NYT should be above WaPo, but I think the "WaPo" fake news narrative has gotten ridiculous.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:59 am to FrenchToast
Politico? lol
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:59 am to Quidam65
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They've become so left-wing on their opinion pieces that if it weren't for the obits, sports stats, and Sunday ads/coupons I'd have cancelled my subscription a long time ago.
Fort Worth Star Telegram is even worse
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:00 am to FrenchToast
This is as trustworthy as the polls. It is why no one (even a want) didn't post this crap when it came out last week.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:00 am to FrenchToast
quote:this is the relevant sentence. You can get a poll to say anything you want as long as you make sure the people you want are the participants
Participation was voluntary but respondents tended to reside near the news outlets that made the questionnaire available on their websites, and leaned toward the liberal side of the political spectrum.
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