TV broadcasters continue to outrank all national newspapers in overall trust ratings and audience levels, aided by their far wider reach." YouGov figures show British trust in the press to tell the truth has fallen, with less than half believing BBC news journalists are honest and impartial As the BBC responds to claims of bias following its coverage of the general election, YouGov polling reveals that faith in BBC News journalists to tell the truth has dropped, but the trend is not unique to the broadcaster, with trust in journalists falling across the board. Less than half of Britons (44%) now say they trust the institution to tell the truth despite its public charter to remain politically neutral. This is a fall of seven percentage points since October. Britons see the tabloid press as the least trustworthy, with half (51%) now saying they wouldn’t trust the newspapers in this bracket to tell the truth at all, and another third (34%) saying they wouldn’t trust the paper much, for a total of 85% of UK adults who don’t fully trust the tabloids. Over half have little trust i the upmmarket papers. This mmakes the guardian figures rather misleading. and I can provide the link https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/12/16/do-britons-trust-press
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