Gallup

Opinion | A tale of two polls: media consumption and trust are down

Americans are following the news less closely than they used to, and 39% of American adults have no trust in it at all.

October 25, 2023

Opinion | American trust in media is near a record low, study finds

Only 7% of adults have a ‘great deal’ of trust in news media, a new Gallup poll found. 38% say they have none at all.

October 20, 2023

Americans believe the election system worked, but deep partisan divisions remain, study shows

59% approved of the media’s election coverage, but that number was largely driven by overwhelming support from Democrats

December 7, 2020

Harrison Mantas

Americans don’t think the platforms are doing enough to fight fake news

Journalists regularly weigh in on what platforms like Facebook and Google are and aren’t doing…

August 15, 2018

Readers may trust news stories more when they dont know their source

Readers’ trust in news stories depends more on the source’s alignment with their political preferences…

July 18, 2018

Taylor Blatchford

Democrats’ trust in media falls

Gallup 54 percent of Democrats have a great deal or fair amount of trust in…

September 17, 2014

Still slip-sliding: Gallup poll ranks journalists low on honesty, ethics

Gallup released a poll on "U.S. Views on Honesty and Ethical Standards in Professions" Monday,…

December 17, 2013

Republicans trust media more than they did last year

Gallup Thirty-three percent of Republicans surveyed by Gallup in 2013 said they had a "great…

September 20, 2013