A new Harris Interactive poll finds that over half of Americans
— 54 percent — say they tend not to trust the
press, “with only 30 percent tending to trust the press.”
More Americans (41 percent) trust “Internet news and
information sites” than they do the mainstream media.
Radio tends to do best among Americans as 44 percent say they
tend to trust it.
The Harris results reflect the findings of a Harvard University
study conducted last year, which found “nearly two-thirds
of Americans do not trust campaign coverage by the news media.”
A few other recent surveys offer some explanation for the
public’s distrust:
These days, the slogan “most trusted name in news”
doesn’t mean as much as it once did.
