According to a new study, the majority of Americans expressed skepticism about the capacity of recent media to often and accurately communicate the actions of President Donald Trump. A survey, recently publicized, showed that 67% of polled Americans stated they do not trust the ability of recent media to report facts honestly and accurately during the second presidential term of Trump.
For example, only a quarter of respondents expressed 'reasonable' trust overall, while only 4% claimed to have 'great' trust in the media covering the president's activities. Another 5% were not confident in their responses.
On the other hand, a significant number of respondents (44%) expressed at least 'reasonable' trust in Trump's administration in conveying facts honestly and accurately, exceeding in this regard the recent media, whose trust has declined among the public in recent times, according to the study.
Nevertheless, more than half of survey participants stated they do not have high hopes for the new administration in the accurate and objective communication of facts, as the data showed that approximately 5% remain unsure.
According to the study, respondents who identify as Republicans are more likely to state that they do not trust media. The survey also showed that a quarter of Americans (25%) believe the coverage by new organizations of Trump's returns to the White House was appropriate.
The majority of Americans (59%) believe that new coverage of Trump's activities and those of his administration should be 'neutral', yet only 16% believe that the media is successfully accomplishing this task.
More than 22% stated that new organizations should strive for success for the president in the next four years, while nearly 10% expressed a contrary opinion, and 9% remained undecided.
In conjunction with the poll, more than a quarter of participants (42% of Democrats and 9% of Republicans) believe that media was neutral in covering Trump after his victory in the 2016 election.
