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Americans' confidence in two facets of the news media -- newspapers and television news -- has fallen to record low points.

In June 1971, after The New York Times published excerpts from a classified report on the Vietnam War, the so-called Pentagon Papers, the majority of Americans familiar with the articles approved of them.

Americans' confidence in the police has increased eight points since last year, but average confidence across 14 U.S. institutions remains historically low.

Explore five key takeaways from a Knight/Gallup report and panel discussion on Americans' desire for local news and awareness of its fragility.

Gallup finds public faith in many societal institutions holding steady at or near their record lows. Majorities view small business and the military positively.

Forty percent of Americans currently say they trust online news, marking a 15-percentage-point increase since 1998. However, local news sources are most likely to be trusted.

Data from the 2024 World Risk Poll Resilience Report show that most people who experience disasters are warned beforehand, but there is a long way to go to achieve the U.N.'s goal of "Early Warnings for All."

Americans' confidence in most major U.S. institutions has fallen in the past year, and confidence collectively is at a new low in Gallup's trend.

Americans' confidence in newspapers is up from 2016, although it remains low overall. Their confidence in television news and internet news also remains low.

Americans are not highly concerned about the economic downturn on local news, but they do favor including local news assistance in relief legislation.