Attributes of selected television news sources in the United Kingdom (UK) 2020

Published by Julia Stoll, Jan 12, 2021

This statistic presents the leading attributes of selected television news sources in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, according to UK survey respondents. Of respondents, 78 percent rated BBC Television news highly in terms of quality.

Attributes of selected television news sources in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020

	Is important to me personally	Is high quality	Is accurate	Is trustworthy	Is impartial	Offers a range of opinions	Helps me make up my mind	Helps me understand what's going on in the world today	Has a depth of analysis and content not available elsewhere
BBC TV	75%	78%	72%	71%	58%	63%	59%	77%	62%
ITV	69%	74%	71%	71%	63%	67%	62%	74%	57%
Sky News	77%	81%	76%	74%	69%	74%	69%	80%	72%
Channel 4	61%	71%	70%	70%	66%	68%	60%	70%	67%
Channel 5	58%	66%	65%	65%	61%	60%	58%	64%	54%
CNN	77%	82%	81%	79%	77%	82%	75%	81%	79%
Al Jazeera	63%	78%	71%	69%	69%	70%	68%	78%	75%

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August 2020

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

February - April 2020

Number of respondents

2,754*

Special properties

those who use platform to access the news weekly or more often on each type (varies)

Method of interview

Omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

* n (BBC TV) = 2754, n (ITV) = 1894, n (Sky News) = 1058, n (Channel 4) = 746, n (Channel 5) = 331, n (CNN) = 222, n (Al Jazeera) = 153

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