Trust in Media

Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?

	Total a lot/some 15 Mar 10	Total a lot /some 25 Jul 11	Total a lot /some	A lot of trust	Some trust	Not much trust	No trust at all	Don’t know	Don’t use
News and opinion in daily newspapers	62%	53%	46%	3%	43%	32%	13%	3%	5%
News and opinion in local newspapers	–	54%	52%	4%	48%	29%	11%	3%	5%
Commercial TV news and current affairs	64%	48%	43%	5%	38%	34%	19%	3%	2%
ABC TV news and current affairs	70%	71%	72%	23%	49%	14%	6%	3%	5%
Commercial radio news and current affairs	54%	46%	45%	4%	41%	30%	15%	3%	6%
ABC radio news and current affairs	62%	67%	67%	19%	48%	14%	6%	3%	10%
Commercial radio talkback programs	38%	33%	33%	5%	28%	32%	22%	3%	10%
ABC radio talkback programs	45%	47%	47%	7%	40%	28%	9%	3%	13%
News and opinion websites	49%	41%	38%	3%	35%	36%	14%	4%	9%
Internet blogs	20%	20%	17%	1%	16%	37%	25%	5%	15%

Since July, trust in media has dropped for daily newspapers (-7%) and commercial TV news and current affairs (-5%).

ABC TV news and current affairs has the highest number of people who have a lot/some trust (72%). This is followed by ABC radio news and current affairs (67%).

The lowest level of trust was recorded for internet blog (17%). This was followed by commercial radio talkback programs (33%).