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Americans’ Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low

By Woodshedder – Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:02pm – 1 Comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ confidence in television news is at a new low by one percentage point, with 21% of adults expressing a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in it. This marks a decline from 27% last year and from 46% when Gallup started tracking confidence in television news in 1993.

Trend: Americans' Confidence in Television News

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One Response to Americans’ Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low

ottnott says:

July 11, 2012 at 12:13 am

Even if you had some confidence in the newscast, a 30-minute newscast offers about 4 minutes of actual news on a good night.

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