Poll: America's Most Trusted TV News Source Is...

by **TexasBlue** Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:50 pm

Poll: America's Most Trusted TV News Source Is...

Guy Benson
Political Editor, Townhall.com
Jan. 19, 2012

Today's left-wing heartache comes courtesy of liberal pollster PPP:

Fox is the most trusted TV news source for 34% of voters, followed by PBS at 17%, CNN at 12%, ABC News at 11%, CBS News at 8%, MSNBC at 5%, and Comedy Central and NBC each at 4%. Sixty-eight percent of Republicans pick Fox as their most trusted source, with no one else even hitting double digits. Democrats split closely three ways with PBS at 21%, ABC News at 19%, and CNN at 17%. Despite having a reputation for appealing to the left MSNBC actually polls in only 6th place among Democrats at 8%, finishing slightly behind even Fox News' 9%. Independents split almost evenly between Fox News (29%) and PBS (27%).

MSNBC's most-trusted rating is statistically tied with...Comedy Central. Go figure. It's almost as if the cable network is so biased that it would convene a panel of Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz and Lawrence O'Donnell to anchor a Republican election night. Not surprisingly, Democrats trust all media outlets except Fox, while Republicans hold the exact opposite view:

Democrats trust everything- except Fox News. NBC does the best with them at +50 (67/17), followed by PBS and CNN at +49 (66/17 and 65/16 respectively), ABC at +38 (57/19), CBS at +35 (58/23), MSNBC at +33 (56/23), and even Comedy Central at +4 (36/32). Fox News comes in at -36 (25/61). -Republicans meanwhile don't trust anything except Fox News. PBS comes the closest to breaking even among non-Fox outlets, although not very close, at -30 (26/56). Republicans meanwhile don't trust anything except Fox News. PBS comes the closest to breaking even among non-Fox outlets, although not very close, at -30 (26/56).

In case you were curious, Fox also dominates in the ratings.