Americans’ Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low

Americans’ Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low

July 11, 2012

Americans’ Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low
Liberals’ and moderates’ views are now similar to conservatives’
by Lymari Morales
Gallup

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ confidence in television news is at a new low by one percentage point, with 21% of adults expressing a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in it. This marks a decline from 27% last year and from 46% when Gallup started tracking confidence in television news in 1993.

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The findings are from Gallup’s annual update on confidence in U.S. institutions, conducted June 7-10 this year. As such, the findings preceded the erroneous initial reports by cable-news networks CNN and Fox News regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision about the constitutionality of the U.S. healthcare law.

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