AMERICAN TRUST IN MEDIA OUTLETS REACHES RECORD LOW

Wed 15 October 2025:

Americans’ trust in media organizations has reached the lowest levels ever recorded, according to a new poll from Gallup.

The survey, released Thursday, found that only 28 percent of US adults express a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, television and radio “to report the news fully, accurately and fairly”, The Hill reported.

That figure is down 3 points from the 31 percent who said the same last year and has fallen by double-digits from the 40 percent who expressed trust in media organizations five years ago.

About 7 in 10 adults expressed skepticism in the news media, indicating they have “not very much” trust in news outlets or “none at all”.

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Trust in media has never been particularly high among those in the GOP, Gallup found, noting the number of Republicans who indicated they trusted media outlets has not risen above 20 percent since 2015, the year President Donald Trump started his first run for the White House.

Among Democrats, only 51 percent indicated they trusted mainstream media outlets, Gallup found, noting a repeat of a low previously seen in 2016.

“With confidence fractured along partisan and generational lines, the challenge for news organizations is not only to deliver fair and accurate reporting but also to regain credibility across an increasingly polarized and skeptical public,” an analysis that accompanied the survey read.

Gallup’s research was conducted September 2-16 among 1,000 US adults. The margin of error was 4 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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