News organizations’ believability in the U.S. 2002-2012

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 16, 2012
This timeline presents the trend in U.S. news oragnizations' believabilty in the period from 2002 to 2012. According to the source, 38 percent of the U.S. population believed news organizations were not credible in 2010.

News organizations’ believability in the United States from 2002 to 2012

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Release date

August 2012

Region

United States

Survey time period

2002 to 2012 (2012: July 19-22, 2012)

Number of respondents

n = 1,001

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

respondents who can rate each outlet

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Identical list of 13 news organizations for each year since 2004; in 2002, 12 organizations were included.
The source provide information regarding neither percentage points exceeding 100 percent nor the missing percentage points to 100 percent.

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