UK Survey: Trust in journalists in Great Britain (GB) 2013

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 21, 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?

CharacteristicUpmarket newspapersMid-market newspapersTabloid 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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Release date

October 2013

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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