Q. How much trust do you have in the following media commentators and journalists?
|
Total a lot/some |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Total a lot/some Oct 2012 |
% know them |
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Laurie Oakes |
71% |
25% |
46% |
14% |
5% |
10% |
72% |
77% |
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Sarah Ferguson |
51% |
12% |
39% |
19% |
10% |
20% |
– |
50% |
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|
Tony Jones |
51% |
11% |
40% |
21% |
11% |
15% |
53% |
54% |
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|
Mark Riley |
51% |
9% |
42% |
21% |
8% |
20% |
– |
42% |
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|
Michelle Grattan |
49% |
12% |
37% |
22% |
9% |
20% |
48% |
37% |
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|
Neil Mitchell |
47% |
9% |
38% |
25% |
11% |
17% |
46% |
45% |
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|
Chris Uhlmann |
46% |
11% |
35% |
22% |
12% |
20% |
– |
35% |
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|
Jon Faine |
40% |
7% |
33% |
23% |
12% |
24% |
38% |
33% |
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|
Andrew Bolt |
38% |
11% |
27% |
20% |
30% |
12% |
39% |
65% |
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|
Alan Jones |
29% |
6% |
23% |
29% |
29% |
12% |
22% |
80% |
* Note : Percentages based only on respondents who knew of each commentator/journalist.
The most trusted media commentators and journalists were Laurie Oakes (71%), Sarah Ferguson, Tony Jones and Mark Riley (all 51%).
The least trusted were Alan Jones (29%) and Andrew Bolt (38%).