A survey held at the end of December 2021 in the United States found that 42 percent of adults trusted local news to give them information they needed to vote, compared to just 23 percent who said the same about national news, though 35 percent admitted they did not trust either type of news in this respect. Local news was overall more trusted than national news, however consumers were dubious about the reliability of both when it came to reporting without bias and providing equal coverage of both sides of an issue.
Trust in local and national news coverage among adults in the United States as of December 2021
Characteristic
Local news
National news
Neither
Give information you need to get involved in your community
78%
2%
19%
Give information you can use in your daily life
60%
15%
25%
Give information you need to vote
42%
23%
35%
Get the facts right
35%
24%
40%
Report the news without bias
31%
14%
54%
Give enough attention to the most important issues
28%
32%
40%
Report on different ways that problems can be solved
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Knight Foundation. (May 19, 2022). Trust in local and national news coverage among adults in the United States as of December 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329951/local-national-news-coverage-trust-us/
Knight Foundation. "Trust in local and national news coverage among adults in the United States as of December 2021." Chart. May 19, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329951/local-national-news-coverage-trust-us/
Knight Foundation. (2022). Trust in local and national news coverage among adults in the United States as of December 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329951/local-national-news-coverage-trust-us/
Knight Foundation. "Trust in Local and National News Coverage among Adults in The United States as of December 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329951/local-national-news-coverage-trust-us/
Knight Foundation, Trust in local and national news coverage among adults in the United States as of December 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329951/local-national-news-coverage-trust-us/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Trust in local and national news coverage among adults in the United States as of December 2021 [Graph], Knight Foundation, May 19, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329951/local-national-news-coverage-trust-us/
