A New Way of Looking at Trust in Media: Do Americans Share Journalism’s Core Values?

April 14, 2021 The deep divides over trust in the news media are usually portrayed as largely ideological. Democrats are seven times more likely than Republicans to say they trust the mainstream media, and independents are four times as likely.[1] But the argument over media…

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