Americans’ confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, fairly and accurately is at its lowest point since 2016, the polling firm Gallup has found.
The results mark just the second time since the poll started in 1972 that the share of Americans who have no confidence at all in the media tops the percentage with a great deal or fair amount of trust, Gallup said.
In the poll conducted Sept. 1 to Sept. 23, just 32% of Americans said they trust the mass media “a great deal” or “a fair amount” to report the news in a full, fair and accurate way.