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Trust in News Sources

Dec 13, 2010
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Q. Please rate your level of trust in the news and information from each source.

 

Total always/usually trustworthy

Always trustworthy

Usually trustworthy

Seldom trustworthy

I do not trust it at all

Don’t know
ABC TV news 82% 21% 61% 7% 3% 8%
SBS TV news 78% 19% 59% 8% 2% 12%
ABC radio news 78% 18% 60% 8% 3% 12%
Commercial (free-to-air) TV news 69% 5% 64% 20% 6% 5%
Internet news sites – e.g. newspaper sites, ABC, etc 66% 5% 61% 18% 4% 12%
Newspapers 65% 3% 62% 22% 7% 6%
Commercial radio news 62% 4% 58% 19% 8% 11%
Pay TV news 48% 4% 44% 14% 6% 32%
Internet blogs 17% 1% 16% 31% 26% 26%

 The most trusted news sources were ABC TV news (82%), ABC radio news (78%) and SBS TV news (78%).

The least trustworthy were internet blogs (57% seldom/no trust), newspapers (29%), commercial radio news (27%) and commercial TV news (26%).

Women were more likely than men to trust commercial TV news (75%/62%), newspapers (68%/63%) and commercial radio news (68%/55%).

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