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Number Of Republicans Who Trust The Media Has Fallen By Half Since 2016

Ben Johnson
Number Of Republicans Who Trust The Media Has Fallen By Half Since 2016
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The nation’s plummeting trust in the legacy media has been driven almost entirely by conservatives, as a new poll reveals the number of Republicans who believe the national news media has fallen by half over the last five years.

All in all, 58% of Americans say they take at least some of the information reported by the legacy media at face value — a precipitous drop from 76% in 2016.

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