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68% of Republicans pick Fox as their most trusted source, with no one else even hitting double digits. Democrats split closely three ways with PBS at 21%, ABC News at 19%, and CNN at 17%. Despite having a reputation for appealing to the left MSNBC actually polls in only 6th place among Democrats at 8%, finishing slightly behind even Fox News' 9%. Independents split almost evenly between Fox News (29%) and PBS (27%).
Democrats and independents both overwhelmingly say Fox is their least trusted news source. Republicans go for MSNBC by a 28-23 margin over CNN, followed by Comedy Central at 18% and ABC News at 10%.
-For the second year in a row PBS easily comes out ahead as the outlet the most people trust, even if it isn't necessarily the one they trust the most.
-Democrats trust everything- except Fox News. NBC does the best with them at +50 (67/17), followed by PBS and CNN at +49 (66/17 and 65/16 respectively), ABC at +38 (57/19), CBS at +35 (58/23), MSNBC at +33 (56/23), and even Comedy Central at +4 (36/32). Fox News comes in at -36 (25/61).
-Republicans meanwhile don't trust anything except Fox News. PBS comes the closest to breaking even among non-Fox outlets, although not very close, at -30 (26/56). It's followed by CNN at -49 (18/67), MSNBC at -51 (18/69), NBC at -52 (17/69), CBS at -54 (17/71), ABC at -56 (14/70), and Comedy Central at -59 (12/71). But Fox News comes in at a stellar 73/17.
Independents are with the Democrats. They trust everything except Fox News. Main takeaway from this poll: tv news has become just as polarizing as the political parties in this country.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/01/3rd-annual-tv-news-trust-poll.html
Every media source other than Fox had a negative rating with republicans, while every source other than Fox had a positive rating (though just barely so in some cases) with Democrats.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... I love the smell of Republican collapse.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)We're headed for some interesting times.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The generations coming up are much less sexist, racist, religous and homophobic than their base of low-information older white evangelicals. They are painting themselves into an ever smaller, crazier and irrelevant corner. Their end can't come soon enough.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)Well said.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)back it up with multiple sources, sworn testimony, and practically stuff notarized by both Ronald Reagan AND Jesus Christ himself, and then Republicans, with the "liberally-biased media", sit there and say "it needs more study".
When a Republican says "nuh uh" or "you're wrong" ... the "lbm" pretty much allows them to put that out as "fact", and nobody seems to "mind" that they have no proof of their point.
matmar
(593 posts)Science relies on facts where religion relies on gullibility, otherwise known as "faith"
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)have little to waste in that department. Reason does not exist in their world, nor do facts.
Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)actually show you both sides of an issue and let you make up your own mind. They also don't sensationalize the news, they just report it.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)This survey could not make the point any more succinctly.