Trust in media coverage of election campaign
Q. How much trust do you have in the way the following media have reported and commented on the election campaign so far?
Total a lot/sometrust |
|
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
ABC TV |
58% |
22% |
36% |
10% |
7% |
8% |
17% |
|
SBS TV |
52% |
16% |
36% |
9% |
5% |
10% |
24% |
|
Commercial TV |
29% |
3% |
26% |
34% |
19% |
9% |
9% |
|
ABC radio |
49% |
16% |
33% |
10% |
8% |
8% |
25% |
|
Commercial radio |
25% |
4% |
21% |
27% |
19% |
10% |
18% |
|
The Australian |
31% |
5% |
26% |
15% |
16% |
9% |
27% |
|
The Telegraph (NSW) |
25% |
7% |
18% |
21% |
28% |
7% |
19% |
|
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) |
39% |
7% |
32% |
21% |
16% |
8% |
17% |
|
The Age (Victoria) |
42% |
7% |
35% |
21% |
13% |
9% |
15% |
|
Herald Sun (Victoria) |
30% |
5% |
25% |
25% |
26% |
8% |
12% |
|
Courier Mail (Queensland) |
23% |
2% |
21% |
20% |
21% |
9% |
27% |
The most trusted media for coverage of the election campaign were ABC TV (58% trust), SBS TV (52%) and ABC radio (49%).
The most trusted newspapers were The Age (42%) and the Sydney Morning Herald (39%).
The least trusted media were the Courier Mail (23%), The Telegraph (25%) and commercial radio (25%).

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