U.S. political news sources more likely to be distrusted by Republicans 2019

Published by
Amy Watson,
Jun 29, 2020
As of November 2019, 58 percent of Republicans and Republican leaners were found to distrust CNN for political and election news. In comparison, only 23 percent of survey respondents trusted the source about political news. U.S. President Donald Trump has regularly voiced his displeasure regarding the news channel's reporting on the current political landscape and has frequently called CNN reporting fake news. Overall, it was found that Republicans were more likely to distrust than to trust a wide range of news sources.

Political news sources that are distrusted by more Republicans than trusted in the United States as of November 2019

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Release date

January 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

October 29 to November 11, 2019

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

among Republicans and Republican leaners

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

Those who neither trust nor distrust, hadn’t heard of each source, or did not answer are not shown.

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