Fox News’ Credibility Declines
Raleigh, N.C. – PPP’s annual poll on TV news finds that there’s only one source more Americans trust than distrust: PBS. 52% of voters say they trust PBS to only 29% who don’t trust it. The other seven outlets we polled on are all distrusted by a plurality of voters.
Just like its actual ratings, Fox News has hit a record low in the four years that we’ve been doing this poll. 41% of voters trust it to 46% who do not. To put those numbers into some perspective the first time we did this poll, in 2010, 49% of voters trusted it to 37% who did not.We find once again this year that Democrats trust everything except Fox, and Republicans don’t trust anything other than Fox. …
[M]ore Americans identify Fox News as the outlet they trust the least- 39% give its that designation to 14% for MSNBC, 13% for CNN, 12% for Comedy Central, 5% for ABC and CBS, 3% for NBC, and 1% for PBS.
*When asked by a Fox interviewer Steve Doocy the secret to his longevity, 91 year old actor Ernest Borgnine replied, “I masturbate a lot.”