Public Confidence In TV News Hits All-Time Low: Gallup
Shocking.
Just 21% of adults say that have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in TV news, down from 27% last year and the lowest percentage since Gallup started taking the poll in 1993 the research firm says today. A whopping 46% of the respondents gave a thumbs-up to TV news in 1993. It hovered in the mid-to-low 30% range until 2007 when it dropped to 23%. Whats striking about this years results, though, is that its the first time in years when conservatives hold TV news in slightly higher regard than do liberals and moderates. Just 19% of liberals said they have confidence in the medium, down from 30% last year, while moderates moved to 20% from 30%, and conservatives to 22% from 23%. Paradoxically, TV news won the highest scores from 18-to-29 year olds (38% approval) and Democrats (37%), with the lowest scores coming from those 65 and older (18%) and Independents (20%). More than 1,000 people were questioned from June 7 to 10 for the annual poll measuring peoples confidence in 16 institutions. On Gallups list, people have the most confidence in the military (75%), small business (63%), and the police (56%). TV News ranked No. 11, right behind newspapers (25%). The bottom two were Congress (13%) and Health Maintenance Organizations (19%) while big business, banks, and organized labor were in a dead heat with TV news.
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