Trust in Fox News plummets: poll

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story

In the space of one year, Fox News has lost its perch as the most trusted TV news network in the US and is now average at best, a new survey has found.
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/01/our-second-annual-tv-news-trust-poll.html

A poll gauging public trust in TV news has found that PBS is the most trusted name in news, while trust in Fox News has dropped significantly.

According to a survey from Public Policy Polling, "a year ago a plurality of Americans said they trusted Fox News. Now a plurality of them don't."

In a survey taken a year ago, PPP found that Fox was the most trusted news network, with 49 percent saying they trusted the network, and 37 percent saying they did not. In the new poll, 42 percent said they trusted the network while 46 percent disagreed.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/trust-fox-news-plummets-poll/

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http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_National_0119930.pdf

Outlet_ Trust/Distrust_ Net_____2010 Numbers_____ Shift from 2010
PBS_____50/30________+20____Not Included_____Not Applicable
NBC_____41/41_________ 0_____ 35/44 (-9)_____ +9
CNN_____40/43_________-3_____ 39/41 (-2)_____ -1
Fox_____42/46_________-4_____ 49/37 (+12)_____-16
CBS_____36/43_________-7_____ 32/46 (-14)_____+7
ABC_____35/43_________-8_____ 31/46 (-15)_____+7

[Hannah Bell]

1. about time.

[Towlie]

39. The stats are better but still ridiculous.

[RufusTFirefly]

59. +1

So we've progressed from ignorant to just plain stupid.
I see nothing to celebrate here.

[Plucketeer]

64. This is why...

the Rethugs wanna kill the funding for PBS and NPR. :grr:



GOP JOBS PLAN

[molly77]

65. Grateful the country is waking up.

The democrats gave them enough rope to hang themselves.They went too far.

[tsuki]

2. That's what happens when your demographic starts dying. nt

[PoliticAverse]

3. The "death panels" did it... n/t

[intheflow]

9. .

:spray:

[BrklynLiberal]

13. HAH!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Volaris]

37. ahhhhhh thats the best thing Ive seen all damn day...

Thanks, friend=)

[Le Taz Hot]

48. Yes, because only old people

watch faux news. :eyes: :sarcasm:

[trud]

67. tsuki: Ah, ageism. WHat would DU be without it.

[Chipper Chat]

4. Is Hannity's false spew finally surfacing and starting to stink?

Is Bill O'Really's bravado finally getting to rational murkans?
Is "Fox and Friends-ies" bullshit and nastiness finally causing lightbulbs to go off?
**
we can only hope

[rpannier]

22. I think post 2 hit it

They're all dying off

[mikekohr]

5. Liars, damn liars and no good sons of bitches.

[madokie]

10. I don't think it could have been said any plainer

[Oceansaway]

6. K&R...n/t

[bhikkhu]

7. A year of flat-out lying only costs them 7 pts?

The scary things is that 42 percent still trust them; how is that possible?

[Initech]

11. A year? Fux has been lying since the beginning of their existence.

[idrahaje]

21. Bill O used to have a brain

Then he lost it and became strict right wing mouth piece.

[lonestarnot]

20. A year? You've got to be kidding. And there are many stupid people here in the United States.

Sad but true.

[sofa king]

26. The trust figure for Fox will never drop below 30%.

That being the 23% of Americans who are right-wing authoritarians, plus those who exploit them.

Or, another way to look at it is 30% of Americans are deeply, incurably stupid, and therefore they will watch Fox News until something that scares them more comes along.

[EFerrari]

36. Agreed. It's the Bush 23% and the executives whose careers depend on them.

[saras]

44. Maybe Stephen King should start a news network

If that's what it takes to move them, then that's what it takes.

The Slasher!! Coming for YOUR Medicare!!

Zombies in Congress!! The dream you were afraid to dream!!

[Enthusiast]

54. I think you are right...........nt

[bhikkhu]

35. That's fom the op, btw - the difference in the polls from last year

I suspects its the same screwy bunch that never gave up on *, still believes Saddam blew up the WTC and that the WMD was found, and probably still gets The Fear in the middle of the night sometimes about what the Commies might be up to...

[beltanefauve]

45. But, but,

I thought the WMD's were trucked across the border to Syria! :dunce:

[socialist_n_TN]

30. Yeah. I'm not usually a "glass half empty" type of guy, BUT.............

that was what struck me. 42% STILL believe those muthafuckas. WAY too many idiots in this country.

[Art_from_Ark]

69. You know what's even worse than that?

FOX "News" won an appeal that essentially gave them the green light to "distort and falsify" their "reporting"

http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html

"We distort. We decide"

[DCKit]

8. When the Enquirer and Globe are tied with they NYT for credibility...

the NYT will have regained some credibility.

[Turborama]

12. 42% trust Faux news? After all the years of proven falsehoods & disinformation 42%?

I think that can only be put down to some sort of gullibility gene, if one exists.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

14. Explains a lot, Doesn't It?

Republican tries again with bill to de-fund NPR

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/136655-republican-tries-again-with-bill-to-de-fund-npr

[muntrv]

15. I believe that half of ClusterFox's viewers are over 60.

[delightfulstar]

16. Serves them right.

I couldn't help but notice that NBC is right behind PBS. I'd like to think that people like KO and Maddow have something to do with that.

Maybe between Hannity and BecKKK getting dropped in Philly, and now this, people are somehow seeing the light.

[pauldp]

17. I can't believe anyone trusts those liars.

[RainDog]

18. Beck and Palin, my guess n/t

[Crowman1979]

19. Well, well, well! Looks like people trust that so-called socialist PBS network the most.

MUHAHAHAHA!!!!

:evilgrin:

[quaker bill]

23. Plummets??

Drops, OK. But the word plummet seems to require something closer to 20 points.

[Swampguana]

24. this is a very good sign

hopefully this path continues

[alp227]

25. count me in as among those who trust pbs

as I watch the Newshour daily rather than the commercial networks. Great that PBS pwned FNC.

[Grassy Knoll]

27. .

[neobeetle]

28. Viewers are getting smart!

They DESERVED to get laughed at!

[DeSwiss]

29. K&R

And all it took was six people dead and another 13 people injured, including the shooting of a Congressperson through the head.

- Color me surprised. I always thought it'd take a lot more murder and mayhem than that before the idiots who watch Faux Snooze to take pause.....

[socialist_n_TN]

31. Well the year's still young...........

I wish I could access that sarcasm thingy.

[defendandprotect]

32. Amazing what decades of "pro-life" murders and frequent shootings can do ... !!

[Historic NY]

33. Your 24/7 propaganda network.

[BrightKnight]

34. They all improved except FAUX got much worse. - n/t

[ronnie624]

38. Only a year ago, FOX was the most trusted?

The shift is possibly more of a measure of the fickleness of Americans than anything else. A slick and stimulating ad campaign would probably bring them back around.

[JDPriestly]

40. Curmudgeons and Mad Hatters get tiresome after awhile.

Curmudgeon -- my opinion of O'Reilly

Mad Hatters -- my opinion of Beck, Palin and Hannity

[Kablooie]

41. From the MOST TRUSTED to ... AVERAGE?! Don' bust ma bolls heah.

[mbperrin]

42. Damn shame.

NOT!

[Mosaic]

43. Good news

Best news I've heard since Obama was elected.

[road2000]

46. Probably Palin's comments after the Tucson shootings.

Her poll numbers have dropped. Faux's drop will last briefly, until the idiots' attentions are shifted to another manufactured "evil Democrat" story. And BTW, I'm over 60.

[aquart]

47. Why, how can that be?

Or does this seem to be tracking the awakening to their lies about health care?

[tavalon]

49. Plummet to the ground, you fake news station

The world already suffers the fools at the RNC, must we suffer you too?

[Tunkamerica]

50. I find this poll a little weird.

Fox doesn't have a nightly news broadcast like cbs, nbc, etc. IS NBC nightly news more trusted or MSNBC? ABC and CBS don't have Cable news networks. It's apples and oranges. I get that no matter what people thought they were "voting" for Fox's numbers went down, but what are we really comparing here? I don't have cable so the only time I see Fox News is during a presidential speech or a disaster that cuts into primetime.

[Blasphemer]

51. It's good to see a fairly healthy distrust of all network news.... nt

[tanyev]

52. Jan 11, 2010: Sarah Palin hired by Fox News.

Need I say more?

[Enthusiast]

53. Maybe people are finally waking up.

That would be wonderful. If the people understood that the media is seriously compromised there is a chance that we could improve it.

[Blue Owl]

55. FUCK FOX

Just a pack of LIES.

[tabasco]

56. Probably about the same for Soviet-era Pravda

Lots of people want to believe propaganda and eventually NEED their propaganda.

[NewJeffCT]

57. however, their 42% is higher than anybody outside of PBS

even though their net of -4 is worse than NBC and CNN, their 42% trusting them is higher than anybody else outside of PBS.

[4_TN_TITANS]

58. My parents don't claim to be Democrats

but they've turned off Fox. It took a couple of years for me and the wife to convince them, but they now see the blatant bias.

[Imagevision]

60. PBS is the best for non-slanted news reporting...

[karynnj]

61. 2010 Buyer's regret is sure setting in fast

It is amazing how the numbers on Obama, the parties, and the HCR bill have all really moved. It is interesting that this is happening to - one conjecture is that some have realized they were lied to.

If it IS this, then Fox and the right might have a tough time recovering. Once people feel they were lied to it is hard to get them to believe again. Let's hope this is not just a blip.

[snooper2]

62. Again, the source is Public Policy Polling

Rawstory is a joke...

[bobburgster]

63. My god, took them long enoughh! n/t

[florida08]

66. any downward shift is a positive

I would say Beck is a big part of it..and that goofy show in the mornings Fox and Fiends. Constantly attacking the president who keeps reaching out doesn't promote anger against him. Maybe that is the ticket after all. :shrug:

[Hutzpa]

68. Gaining momentum slowly

We Shall Overcome....