Poll Watch: PPP (D) 4th Annual Survey on Trust in Television News

PPP (D) Poll on Trust in TV News

Do you trust PBS, or not?

• Trust it 52% {52%} [50%]
• Do not trust it 29% {30%} [30%]

Do you trust Fox News, or not?

• Trust it 41% {45%} [42%] (49%)
  
• Do not trust it 46% {42%} [46%] (37%)

Do you trust NBC News, or not?

• Trust it 39% {44%} [41%] (35%)
  
• Do not trust it 42% {38%} [41%] (44%)

Do you trust CNN, or not?

• Trust it 38% {43%} [40%] (39%)
  
• Do not trust it 43% {39%} [43%] (41%)

Do you trust MSNBC, or not?

• Trust it 35% {38%}
• Do not trust it 44% {43%}

Do you trust CBS News, or not?

• Trust it 34% {40%} [36%] (32%)
• Do not trust it 43% {42%} [43%] (46%)

Do you trust ABC News, or not?

• Trust it 32% {37%} [35%] (31%)
• Do not trust it 42% {40%} [43%] (46%)

Do you trust Comedy Central, or not?

• Trust it 26% {28%}
• Do not trust it 46% {46%}

Which TV news outlet do you trust the most: ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Comedy Central, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC News, or PBS?

• Fox News 34% {34%}
• PBS 13% {17%}
• CNN 12% {12%}
• ABC News 11% {11%}
• MSNBC 8% {5%}
• CBS News 6% {8%}
• Comedy Central 5% {4%}
• NBC News 5% {4%}

Among Democrats

• ABC News 17% {19%}
• CNN 17% {17%}
• MSNBC 16% {8%}
• PBS 16% {21%}
• Fox News 8% {9%} 
• Comedy Central 7% {3%} 
• NBC News 7% {7%} 
• CBS News 7% {12%}

Among Republicans

• Fox News 67% {68%}
• PBS 6% {5%}
• ABC News 6% {4%}
• CBS News 6% {4%}
• NBC News 4% {1%}
• CNN 3% {8%}
• MSNBC 1% {1%}
• Comedy Central 1% {7%}

Among Independents

• Fox News 32% {29%}
• PBS 19% {27%}
• CNN 13% {12%}
• Comedy Central 8% {2%}
• ABC News 6% {9%}
• CBS News 5% {5%}
• MSNBC 5% {5%}
• NBC News 3% {4%}

Among Moderates

• PBS 18% {25%}
• CNN 18% {20%}
• Fox News 15% {12%}
• ABC News 14% {13%}  
• MSNBC 9% {3%}
• Comedy Central 6% {4%}
• CBS News 6% {10%}
• NBC News 6% {7%} 

Among Men

• Fox News 39% {39%}
• PBS 16% {18%}
• CNN 8% {9%}
• ABC News 8% {11%}
• CBS News 7% {5%}
• MSNBC 6% {4%}
• Comedy Central 5% {6%}
• NBC News 3% {2%}

Among Women

• Fox News 28% {30%}
• CNN 15% {15%}
• ABC News 13% {12%}
• MSNBC 11% {5%}
• PBS 10% {17%}
• NBC News 7% {6%}
• Comedy Central 5% {2%}
• CBS News 5% {10%}

Working from the same list of choices, which TV news outlet do you trust the least?

• Fox News 39% {34%}
• MSNBC 14% {15%}
• CNN 13% {11%}
• Comedy Central 12% {16%}
• ABC News 5% {7%}
• CBS News 5% {5%}
• NBC News 3% {1%}
• PBS 1% {2%}

Survey of 800 voters was conducted January 31 - February 3, 2013. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points. Party ID: 42% {41%} [40%] (36%) Democrat; 33% {35%} [37%] (35%) Republican; 25% {24%} [23%] (29%) Independent/Other.  Ideology: 28% {27%} Moderate; 25% {25%} Somewhat conservative; 19% {20%} Somewhat liberal; 18% {19%} Very conservative; 11% {8%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted January 13-16, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 14-16, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted January 18-19, 2010 are in parentheses.