The trust in news reporting is lower among all groups. There is a broad decline in all age groups with republicans trusting the news less than democrats.
Pew Research Center and the Pew Charitable Times state that trust in news sources have declined since 2016. There is some trust with social media sites; the under 30 age group relying on social media the most. According to these pages, the way to improve this issue is being less partisan, embracing kindness, and electing inspiring leaders.
The Center for Integrity in News Reporting interviewed 2146 individuals and found that out of eleven of the most well known national news organizations only two stations had a majority of "fair amount of trust" or above.
Gallup News measured news trust in the 1970's with a rating between 68% and 72%, compared to the current 28%. In 2004, it dropped to 44% which is the first time it dropped below majority and 45% in 2018 which was the high of the decade.
The NIH conducted a study of 806 individuals to examine the trustworthiness of sources of information about COVID-19. Their findings were that mainstream media was trusted by 41.2% of respondents. The least trusted source was the White House (30.9%). The highest trusted sourced was John Hopkins University at 81.1%.
Bias
Gallup News: Center
Center for Integrity: Center
