Trust in journalists in Great Britain (GB) 2013

This statistic shows the level of trust in journalists in Great Britain (GB) on October 17th to 18th, 2013. Journalists of 'upmarket' newpapers were the most trusted. Tabloid newspaper journalists were trusted the least to tell the truth, with a total of 83 percent of respondents stating that they had either not much or no trust at all.

How much do you trust journalists to tell the truth?

Characteristic	Upmarket newspapers	Mid-market newspapers	Tabloid newspapers
Don't know	6%	6%	5%
Not at all	17%	30%	44%
Not much	41%	45%	39%
A fair amount	32%	17%	10%
A great deal	4%	2%	2%

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October 2013

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

October 17th-18th, 2013

Number of respondents

2,311 respondents

Age group

18+

Supplementary notes

Journalists were split into the following three categories: Journalists on "upmarket" newspapers (e.g. Times, Telegraph, Guardian); Journalists on "mid-market" newspapers (e.g. Mail, Express); Journalists on red-top tabloid newspapers (e.g. Sun, Mirror)
During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "How much do you trust the following to tell the truth?"

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