Gallup: Public Confidence in News Media Falls to New Low - Independent Media TV

Gallup: Public Confidence in News Media Falls to New Low - Independent Media TV: "June 10, 2005

NEW YORK - Public trust in newspapers and television news continued to decline in Gallup's annual survey of 'public confidence in major institutions' in the United States, reaching an all-time low this year.

Those having a 'great deal' or 'quite a lot' of confidence in newspapers dipped from 30% to 28% in one year, the same total for television. The previous low for newspapers was 29% in 1994. Since 2000, confidence in newspapers has declined from 37% to 28%, and TV from 36% to 28%, according to the poll."