This page was updated on Oct. 24, 2025. The table for trust in the mass media had been updated with incorrect September 2025 data on Oct. 14, but that has now been corrected.
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Trust in News Media % Great deal/Fair amount 1972 May 68 1974 Apr 69 1976 Jun 72 1997 May 53 1998 Dec 55 1999 Feb 55 2000 Jul 51 2001 Sep 53 2002 Sep 54 2003 Sep 54 2004 Sep 44 2005 Sep 50 2007 Sep 47 2008 Sep 43 2009 Sep 45 2010 Sep 43 2011 Sep 44 2012 Sep 40 2013 Sep 44 2014 Sep 40 2015 Sep 40 2016 Sep 32 2017 Sep 41 2018 Sep 45 2019 Sep 41 2020 Sep 40 2021 Sep 36 2022 Sep 34 2023 Sep 32 2024 Sep 31 2025 Sep 28
Media Use and Evaluation > Trust Table Great deal Fair amount Not very much None at all No opinion % % % % % 2025 Sep 2-16 8 20 36 34 1 2024 Sep 3-15 8 23 33 36 * 2023 Sep 1-23 7 25 29 39 * 2022 Sep 1-16 7 27 28 38 * 2021 Sep 1-17 7 29 29 34 * 2020 Aug 31-Sep 13 9 31 27 33 * 2019 Sep 3-15 13 28 30 28 * 2018 Sep 4-12 14 31 30 24 * 2017 Sep 6-10 13 28 29 29 1 2016 Sep 7-11 8 24 41 27 * 2015 Sep 9-13 7 33 36 24 * 2014 Sep 4-7 10 30 36 24 * 2013 Sep 5-8 11 33 33 22 1 2012 Sep 6-9 8 32 39 21 1 2011 Sep 8-11 11 33 36 19 1 2010 Sep 13-16 12 31 36 21 * 2009 Aug 31-Sep 2 10 35 37 18 1 2008 Sep 8-11 9 34 35 21 1 2007 Sep 14-16 9 38 35 17 * 2005 Sep 12-15 13 37 37 12 1 2004 Sep 13-15 9 35 39 16 1 2003 Sep 8-10 14 40 35 11 * 2002 Sep 5-8 10 44 35 11 * 2001 Sep 7-10 12 41 33 14 * 2000 Jul 6-9 12 39 37 12 * 1999 Feb 4-8 11 44 34 11 * 1998 Dec 28-29 11 44 35 9 1 1997 May 30-Jun 1 10 43 31 15 1 1976 Jun 18 54 22 4 2 1974 Apr 21 48 21 8 2 1972 May 18 50 24 6 2
Media Use and Evaluation > Confidence Institutions News Sources Table Great deal Quite a lot Some Very little None (vol.) No opinion % % % % % % <b>Newspapers</b> 2026 Jun 1-15 6 11 35 42 4 3 2025 Jun 2-26 6 11 36 39 4 4 2024 Jun 3-23 7 11 31 45 3 3 2023 Jun 1-22 6 12 35 42 3 2 2022 Jun 1-20 5 11 37 43 3 1 2021 Jun 1-Jul 5 8 13 35 39 4 1 2020 Jun 8-Jul 24 10 14 36 35 4 1 2019 Jun 3-16 12 11 37 34 5 1 2018 Jun 1-13 12 11 35 38 2 2 2017 Jun 7-11 11 16 33 33 4 2 2016 Jun 1-5 8 12 42 34 2 1 2015 Jun 2-7 10 14 41 31 3 2 2014 Jun 5-8 12 10 43 30 3 2 2013 Jun 1-4 9 14 40 32 4 2 2012 Jun 7-10 10 15 41 29 3 2 2011 Jun 9-12 12 16 40 28 3 2 2010 Jul 8-11 9 16 41 29 4 2 2009 Jun 14-17 10 15 43 27 4 1 2008 Jun 9-12 10 14 45 26 2 2 2007 Jun 11-14 8 14 48 26 2 1 2006 Jun 1-4 12 18 40 25 2 2 2005 May 23-26 11 17 46 24 1 1 2004 May 21-23 9 21 44 23 2 1 2003 Jun 9-10 11 22 49 16 1 1 2002 Jun 21-23 12 23 47 16 1 1 2001 Jun 8-10 13 23 44 16 3 1 2000 Jun 22-25 12 25 38 22 2 1 1999 Jun 25-27 12 21 44 21 1 1 1998 Jun 5-7 14 19 44 20 1 2 1997 Jul 25-27 15 20 43 21 1 * 1996 May 28-29 11 21 44 21 2 1 1995 Apr 21-24 12 18 44 24 1 1 1994 Mar 25-29 11 18 42 26 2 1 1993 Mar 22-24 12 19 42 22 3 2 1991 Oct 10-13 10 22 44 20 2 2 1991 Feb 28-Mar 3 14 23 43 17 2 1 1990 Aug 16-19 15 24 42 16 2 1 1988 Sep 23-26 9 27 46 15 2 1 1987 Jul 10-13 8 23 46 20 1 1 1986 Jul 11-14 9 28 42 19 1 1 1985 May 17-20 10 25 42 20 1 2 1984 Oct 6-10 10 24 41 23 -- 2 1983 Aug 5-8 11 27 41 18 1 2 1981 Nov 20-23 10 25 42 18 4 1 1979 Apr 6-9 19 32 35 12 1 2 1973 May 4-7 15 24 39 14 4 3 <b>Television news</b> 2026 Jun 1-15 6 8 30 52 3 1 2025 Jun 2-26 5 6 33 48 5 2 2024 Jun 3-23 6 6 32 51 5 1 2023 Jun 1-22 5 9 35 46 4 1 2022 Jun 1-20 4 7 35 49 4 * 2021 Jun 1-Jul 5 6 10 30 48 5 * 2020 Jun 8-Jul 24 9 9 33 43 6 * 2019 Jun 3-16 8 10 33 45 3 1 2018 Jun 1-13 10 10 34 41 4 1 2017 Jun 7-11 11 13 31 39 5 1 2016 Jun 1-5 8 13 38 38 2 1 2015 Jun 2-7 10 11 37 36 5 1 2014 Jun 5-8 10 8 42 33 6 1 2013 Jun 1-4 11 12 38 36 3 1 2012 Jun 7-10 11 10 39 34 4 1 2011 Jun 9-12 13 14 40 28 4 1 2010 Jul 8-11 11 11 41 32 4 1 2009 Jun 14-17 10 13 41 31 4 1 2008 Jun 9-12 11 13 43 28 3 2 2007 Jun 11-14 10 13 40 33 3 1 2006 Jun 1-4 12 19 40 25 3 1 2005 May 23-26 12 16 45 24 2 1 2004 May 21-23 11 19 40 26 3 1 2003 Jun 9-10 16 19 47 16 1 1 2002 Jun 21-23 14 21 43 19 2 1 2001 Jun 8-10 14 20 43 19 3 1 2000 Jun 22-25 11 25 40 21 2 1 1999 Jun 25-27 14 20 41 24 1 * 1998 Jun 5-7 15 19 40 24 1 1 1997 Jul 25-27 14 20 42 20 3 1 1996 May 28-29 13 23 39 22 2 1 1995 Apr 21-24 13 20 41 23 2 1 1994 Mar 25-29 15 20 37 25 2 1 1993 Mar 22-24 19 27 36 16 2 * <b>News on the Internet</b> 2017 Jun 7-11 7 9 33 42 5 4 2014 Jun 5-8 8 11 40 29 5 6 1999 Jun 25-27 8 13 35 22 3 19
Media Use and Evaluation > Local News Media Too Liberal Table Too liberal Just about right Too conservative No opinion % % % % 2019 Sep 16-30 26 53 15 6 2007 Sep 14-16 ^ 25 56 16 3
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