A new survey has found that a majority of Americans don’t have much confidence when it comes to coverage of President Donald Trump in the media, specifically regarding accuracy and fairness.
The survey from YouGov found that 67% of respondents in the United States don’t have “very much” or any trust in the media to state facts accurately, fairly, and fully when covering Trump’s second term.
Another 34% said they have a “fair amount” of confidence, but only 4% said they had a “great deal,” while 5% said they weren’t sure about the matter.
When it comes to trust in the truthfulness of the Trump administration, 44% said they have at least a “fair amount” of confidence that it will provide facts with fairness and accuracy.
According to the pollster, the results highlight the falling trust in the news media, a trend that has been on the decline for some time.
However, 51% of respondents did share that they don’t have much hope in the Trump administration when it comes to accurately and fairly reporting facts. Another 5% were unsure.
The pollster found a political divide when it comes to trust, as Republicans (35%) were more likely than Democrats (13%) to report having zero trust in the news media.
Other insights found in the poll included a quarter of Americans who said they think the way the media has covered Trump’s second term has been about right, while 35% said it has been “too negative,” and 23% said it was “too positive.”
The political divide was seen again in this question from YouGov, as 42% of Democrats think the coverage has been overly positive, while 63% of Republicans feel it’s been too negative, the poll found.
When it comes to what Americans are looking for, 59% said they only want the media’s reporting of Trump to be “neutral,” but only 16% said they think that is happening.
Another 22% said news outlets should want the president to “succeed,” while another 10% said the opposite.
The YouGov poll was conducted from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 and included responses from 1,124 adults. There is a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.