Only 40% of Republicans trust national news organizations
Today, 37% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they have a lot of or some trust in the information that comes from social media sites. This is nearly on par with the 40% of Republicans who express this level of trust in national news organizations. Their trust in national news outlets is now 30 percentage points lower than it was in 2016.
A much larger share of Republicans (66%) have at least some trust in information from local news organizations.
The share of Republicans who trust information from social media sites has increased notably since 2021, when just 19% trusted this type of information. Republicans have generally become less trusting of national and local news organizations in recent years.
Among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, by comparison, 38% have at least some trust in the information that comes from social media sites. This is far below the share of Democrats who express this level of trust in information from national (78%) and local (83%) news organizations.
