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Poll: MSNBC is the Least Trusted Name in TV News
The data comes from a Brookings Institute paper dealing with the nature of opposition to immigration reform and a sub-section from E. J. Dionne and William Galston on political polarization and the media, all of which is interesting - but not quite as interesting as the results of this survey. The most-trusted name in news for all Americans is, unsurprisingly, Fox News, which also has the highest ratings by far in the industry. Broadcast news - the three networks - come in a close second, with CNN a more distant third place. However, the "honor" of being the least-trusted name in news, in practically every demographic, is MSNBC, a subsidiary of NBC News - which ranks below Jon Stewart among all but Democrats.
Almost as many liberals and Democrats identify Fox as their most trusted news source as MSNBC; with liberals, it's presumably in the margin of error. That's certainly the case among Democrats with Jon Stewart. It looks like a toss-up between which version of comedy they want to experience.
Interestingly, though, the area of most consensus is still the venerable broadcast-news programs. Clearly, Republicans and conservatives favor Fox, but broadcast news gets the most even distribution of trust on partisan and ideological grounds. The alphabets get a little more trust from Republicans than independents, who spread their trust rather evenly between the broadcast networks, CNN, and public television - although the plurality chooses Fox first. In contrast, MSNBC is a fringe choice in all demographics, and comes in next to last even among its target demos of Democrats and liberals.Also read: MSNBC Apologizes Yet Again
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