Q. How much trust do you have in the following media commentators and journalists?
| Total know them | Total a lot/some trust | Total not much/no trust | A lot of trust | Some trust | Not much trust | No trust | Not sure | ||
| Laurie Oakes | 85% | 75% | 17% | 33% | 42% | 11% | 6% | 8% | |
| George Negus | 91% | 75% | 16% | 27% | 48% | 12% | 4% | 9% | |
| Tony Jones | 52% | 54% | 29% | 16% | 38% | 18% | 11% | 17% | |
| Michelle Grattan | 42% | 47% | 34% | 13% | 34% | 22% | 12% | 20% | |
| Andrew Bolt | 52% | 43% | 42% | 13% | 30% | 18% | 24% | 15% | |
| Neil Mitchell | 48% | 42% | 40% | 10% | 32% | 21% | 19% | 19% | |
| Jon Faine | 33% | 38% | 40% | 9% | 29% | 26% | 14% | 22% | |
| Alan Jones | 84% | 38% | 49% | 9% | 29% | 16% | 33% | 13% |
The best-known media commentators and journalists were George Negus (91%), Laurie Oakes (85%) and Alan Jones (84%).
Laurie Oakes and George Negus were the most trusted and Alan Jones the least trusted.
(Note: respondents who did not know of each commentator/journalist have been excluded from the above table).