A week after President Donald
Trump tweeted there should be a contest to determine which network is the “most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me),” Fox has won
the first-ever “Fake News Trophy,” according to a survey of American voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports.
While President
Trump originally tweeted that Fox News should be excluded from the contest, 40% of the nationally projectable poll, conducted online and via phone, said Fox should win the Fake News Trophy.
Fox won by a wide margin over runner-up CNN, which was cited by 25% of respondents, followed by MSNBC (9%), ABC (4%), CBS (3%) and NBC (2%).
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Six percent said the award
should go to “someone else,” while 11% were undecided.
“A closer look finds that while 53% of Democrats and a plurality (42%) of voters not affiliated with either
major party declare Fox News the winner, just 24% of Republicans agree,” Rasmussen reported. It added: “40% of GOP voters opt instead for CNN, a view shared by just 13% of Democrats and
24% of unaffiliateds.”