Trust in media among Americans has hit a record low, according to a Gallup survey released on Oct. 2.
Just 28 percent of adults told Gallup that they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media.
That’s a decline from 31 percent in 2024, 32 percent in 2023, 40 percent in 2020, and a peak of 72 percent in 1976, shortly after Gallup first started asking about trust in the media in 1972.
In the latest survey, carried out Sept 2–26, 8 percent of respondents said they have a great deal of confidence in mass media, such as newspapers and television, to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly….