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Trust in media

15 Mar 2010

Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?

  A lot Some Not much None Don’t know/use
ABC TV news and current affairs 25% 45% 14% 3% 13%
ABC radio news and current affairs 20% 42% 15% 4% 19%
Commercial TV news and current affairs 9% 55% 26% 5% 5%
News and opinion in daily newspapers 9% 53% 26% 4% 7%
Commercial radio news and current affairs 7% 47% 29% 6% 10%
ABC radio talkback programs 6% 39% 24% 5% 25%
News and opinion websites 5% 44% 31% 6% 15%
Commercial radio talkback programs 3% 35% 32% 11% 19%
Internet blogs 2% 18% 40% 15% 25%

 ABC TV and radio news and current affairs were the most trusted media (25% and 20% respectively have a lot of trust).

 Commercial TV news and current affairs programs have the highest consumption, but only 9% say they have a lot of trust in them.

And although consumption of newspapers and internet news sites is very similar, newspapers are considered more trustworthy (62% compared to 49% have a lot/some trust in them).

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