Do Americans Trust TV News? Gallup Poll Results

A new Gallup poll has been released that asks Americans if they trust TV news. Cenk Uygur breaks down the results of the poll, including whether Democrats or Republicans trust TV news more. Does this poll explain the recent drop in ratings among all cable news providers. Do you trust TV news? Do you watch news on television? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

The full results: http://www.gallup.com/poll/148250/ame...

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07...

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[BottleConcreteBlond]

No, the people who watch Fox are already watching it so they're not going to change channels to CNN and MSNBC. They want the blondes mixed with their idiotic conservative politics. Fox started the downward trend in news and sucked all the others down with them. I realize you have limited cognative ability so I'll leave it at that.

[scribblemethis]

There is no accountability or qualification for "news" media. There isn't even a requirement that they not intentionally lie. The fourth estate is not self policing and there is no real external policing. So, when they can make more money, ratings, or gain political favor by tilting a story or focusing on what people want to hear rather than the truth... we get this.

If you want to see a timeline of it getting worse, start with the demise of the "Fairness Doctrine" and "Equal-Time Rule"

[Bernard Mahoney]

i live in nz we have a public funded health care syestem for example i need a new hip , went to see the doc a world renound orthopeadic surgeon he says it needs to be replaced . i wated say 2 months . i got a ceramic on ceramic hip replacement state of the art high tech . AINT SOCLIALISED MEDICINE TERRBLE OH ITS SO SCARYTHE REPUBLICANS HAVE BRAINWASHED THE NATION WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE . we in new zealand would not swap pur syestem for yours for all the tea in china .

[SweetCandySoftMelody]

The only news I trust is Onion News Network.

[carl church]

No I do not trust news polls as they are Bias to president Obama as is the News Reporting on nightly news reports. They always juggle the numbers in President Obama favor. Look at the Libyan Embassy cover up. They kept saying it was over a stupid video on you tube. It was a coordinated attack on 9/11/2012 by Al-Qaeda. So why all the Stone Walling by the White House and It's Administration. They keep telling lies after lies. We want the truth and explain why Security was so low there?

[bulletproof2353]

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[bulletproof2353]

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[BottleConcreteBlond]

Fox started the trend. And exactly what does the ratings have to do with how accurate or unbiased their programs are?

[BottleConcreteBlond]

I'm sure thinking is always a problem for you.

[Moderately Biased]

Each channel has their own bias. Fox has Hannity to push the right wing agenda & MSNBC, NBC, CNN are 100% shills for Obama. Even despite Hannity's bias, his ratings kill the other shows on CNN & MSNBC. FACT: FOX lead in ratings for both conventions over everyone else including networks. REASON: FOX had reps from both sides on their programs, the others didn't. Americans don't want to watch that and the ratings back that up.