Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
|
Total a lot/ some |
|
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
Total a lot/ some Mar |
Total a lot/ some Jul |
Total a lot/ some Dec 11 |
Total a lot/ some Jun |
Total a lot/ some Jan |
|
| ABC TV news and current affairs |
69% |
24% |
45% |
11% |
9% |
3% |
8% |
70% |
71% |
72% |
74% |
73% |
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| SBS TV news and current affairs |
66% |
22% |
44% |
13% |
6% |
4% |
11% |
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| ABC radio news and current affairs |
62% |
19% |
43% |
13% |
8% |
4% |
12% |
62% |
67% |
67% |
69% |
70% |
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| News and opinion in local news papers |
53% |
5% |
48% |
26% |
8% |
4% |
10% |
– |
54% |
52% |
56% |
55% |
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| News and opinion in daily news papers |
50% |
5% |
45% |
28% |
10% |
3% |
9% |
62% |
53% |
46% |
52% |
48% |
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| ABC radio talkback pro- grams |
48% |
8% |
40% |
22% |
11% |
5% |
15% |
45% |
47% |
47% |
50% |
49% |
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| Comm- ercial TV news and current affairs |
48% |
5% |
43% |
31% |
13% |
4% |
5% |
64% |
48% |
43% |
46% |
44% |
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| Comm- ercial radio news and current affairs |
45% |
4% |
41% |
29% |
12% |
4% |
10% |
54% |
46% |
45% |
45% |
46% |
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| News and opinion websites |
42% |
3% |
39% |
30% |
12% |
4% |
12% |
49% |
41% |
38% |
40% |
40% |
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| Comm- ercial radio talkback pro- grams |
33% |
3% |
30% |
28% |
22% |
4% |
14% |
38% |
33% |
33% |
33% |
32% |
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| Internet blogs |
22% |
1% |
21% |
30% |
25% |
5% |
17% |
20% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
23% |
Overall, trust in media has changed little since this question was asked last year.
The most trusted media by a wide margin were ABC TV news and current affairs (69% a lot/some trust), SBS TV news and current affairs (66%) and ABC radio news and current affairs (62%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (22%) and commercial radio talkback programs (33%).