
Trust in news media --
both national and local outlets -- has fallen precipitously since the 2020 election, and most of it comes from the growing skepticism of Republican voters, according to the latest in a series of
tracking studies conducted by the Pew Research Center.
While the news media trust levels of Democrats or Democratic-leaning voters have also eroded slightly, the dramatic decline among
Americans overall has been driven by the partisan divide of Republicans, which has fallen to only 35% who trust national news organizations, and 66% for local news organizations.
According to
Pew's tracking, social media remains the lowest level of trust for news information among all Americans, but has fallen to just 19% of Republicans/Republican-leaning voters.
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