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Trust in newspapers

2 Feb 2016

Q. How much trust do you have in what you read in the following newspapers?

Total a lot/some

A lot of trust

Some trust

Not much trust

No trust at all

Don’t know

Total a lot/some Jul 2011

Total a lot/some Jun 2012

Total a lot/some Jan 2013

Total a lot/some Jun 2015

The Australian

63%

12%

51%

23%

9%

5%

69%

60%

65%

58%

The Telegraph (NSW only)

56%

10%

46%

27%

14%

4%

52%

49%

48%

46%

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW only)

66%

11%

55%

22%

7%

4%

74%

69%

71%

70%

The Age (Victoria only)

66%

15%

51%

18%

11%

5%

79%

76%

71%

66%

Herald Sun (Victoria only)

57%

10%

47%

24%

15%

4%

54%

51%

50%

48%

Courier Mail (Queensland only)

47%

6%

41%

34%

16%

2%

65%

51%

57%

48%

* Note : Percentages based only on respondents who had read each newspaper.

Overall, among those who have read them, the most trusted newspapers were the SMH (66% a lot/some trust), The Age (66%) and The Australian (63%). The Courier Mail (47%) was the least trusted.

Since this question was asked in 2015, there have been increases in trust for The Telegraph (up 10%), the HeraldSun (up 9%) and The Australian (up 5%).

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