Q. How much trust do you have in what you read in the following newspapers?
|
Total a lot/some |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Total a lot/some Jul 2011 |
Total a lot/some Jun 2012 |
Total a lot/some Jan 2013 |
Total a lot/some Jun 2015 |
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|
The Australian |
63% |
12% |
51% |
23% |
9% |
5% |
69% |
60% |
65% |
58% |
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|
The Telegraph (NSW only) |
56% |
10% |
46% |
27% |
14% |
4% |
52% |
49% |
48% |
46% |
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|
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW only) |
66% |
11% |
55% |
22% |
7% |
4% |
74% |
69% |
71% |
70% |
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|
The Age (Victoria only) |
66% |
15% |
51% |
18% |
11% |
5% |
79% |
76% |
71% |
66% |
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|
Herald Sun (Victoria only) |
57% |
10% |
47% |
24% |
15% |
4% |
54% |
51% |
50% |
48% |
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|
Courier Mail (Queensland only) |
47% |
6% |
41% |
34% |
16% |
2% |
65% |
51% |
57% |
48% |
* Note : Percentages based only on respondents who had read each newspaper.
Overall, among those who have read them, the most trusted newspapers were the SMH (66% a lot/some trust), The Age (66%) and The Australian (63%). The Courier Mail (47%) was the least trusted.
Since this question was asked in 2015, there have been increases in trust for The Telegraph (up 10%), the HeraldSun (up 9%) and The Australian (up 5%).