Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low

Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media, with 31% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” similar to last year’s 32%. Americans’ trust in the media -- such as newspapers, television and radio -- first fell to 32% in 2016 and did so again last year.

For the third consecutive year, more U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% of Americans express “not very much” confidence.

Americans' Trust in Mass Media, 1972-2024

Partisans' Trust in Mass Media, 1972-2024

Trust in Mass Media, by Age, 2001-2024

Young Democrats trust the media far less than older Democrats do: 31% of Democrats aged 18 to 29 versus 74% of those aged 65 and older have a great deal or fair amount of confidence.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx