{"id":2253866,"date":"2024-05-27T16:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-why-nobody-trusts-the-media-most-trusted-news-anchors-in-america-poll-has-wild-results\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T20:12:27","slug":"this-is-why-nobody-trusts-the-media-most-trusted-news-anchors-in-america-poll-has-wild-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-why-nobody-trusts-the-media-most-trusted-news-anchors-in-america-poll-has-wild-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Trusted US News Anchors&#8217; Poll Yields Surprising Results, Further Damaging Media Credibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-is-why-nobody-trusts-the-media-most-trusted-news-anchors-in-america-poll-has-wild-results%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253866&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The credibility \u200cof American media continues to\u2063 be debated \u200bfollowing a survey by The Hollywood Reporter and Morning Consult\u200c aimed at determining \u2062the most trusted news anchors. The survey asked participants to rate their trust for major names in the news industry including NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News, CNN,\u200b MSNBC, and NewsNation. Results \u200bfavoured \u2062NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who received the highest level\u2063 of trust at\u200c 65 \u200dpercent. ABC News&#8217; Robin Roberts \u2064and David Muir also scored well with trusts at \u200c64 and 63 percent, respectively. Interestingly, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson achieved the \u2064highest percentage of \u2064mistrust at 49 percent. Participants&#8217; trust was divided for former CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and \u2063Don Lemon. Commenting on\u2064 these results, the \u200darticle suggests that there&#8217;s an evident lack of faith in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">mainstream news outlets<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>This Is Why Nobody Trusts the Media: &#8216;Most Trusted News Anchors in America&#8217; Poll Has Wild Results<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/%20\"><span>Samuel Short<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 27, 2024 at 12:09pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Who are the most trusted names in news?<\/p>\n<p>A poll conducted by The Hollywood Reporter and Morning Consult has an answer, although it might not be the right answer in providing the most accurate picture of viewers\u2019 trust.<\/p>\n<p>The survey of 2,239 adults \u2014 conducted May 4-5 \u2014 asked participants about major names in the news business, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/america-most-trusted-news-anchors-1235906257\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Participants were given three options regarding their level of trust for each person: \u201cA lot\/some,\u201d \u201cNot much\/Not at all\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t know\/no opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The networks whose news correspondents were listed included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-john-bolton-unload-cnns-wolf-blitzer-alitos-display-revolutionary-war-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC and NewsNation.<\/p>\n<p>While some results seem appropriate, others appear strange in light of network controversies and failings.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News anchor Lester Holt enjoyed the greatest level of trust with 65 percent answering \u201cA lot\/some.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABC News\u2019 Robin Roberts and David Muir also fared well at 64 percent and 63 percent in that category, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Former Fox News anchor and current CNN host Chris Wallace had 60 percent of respondents place him in the \u201cA lot\/some\u201d category, with CNN colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-turn-cnn-puts-anderson-cooper-big-names-risk-removal-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anderson Cooper<\/a> also enjoying 60 percent for the same answer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think the establishment media is trustworthy?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, at MSNBC, incessant race-baiter Joy Reid found herself at 44 percent in that category, and the deranged anti-Trump host Rachel Maddow surprisingly found herself at 51 percent.<\/p>\n<p>At Fox News,\u00a0Harris Faulkner led the way at 53 percent, followed by Greg Gutfeld at 51 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbingly, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson had the highest \u201cNot much\/Not at all\u201d percentage in the survey at 49 percent. Only 38 percent put him in the \u201cA lot\/some\u201d category.<\/p>\n<p>Former CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon were also divisive among poll respondents. Cuomo received 43 percent in the \u201cA lot\/some\u201d category and 39 percent in \u201cNot much\/not at all.\u201d Lemon\u2019s numbers for those categories were 44 percent and 35 percent.<\/p>\n<p>While some of the worst names at CNN appear to carry their reputation beyond that network, it is surprising that current names at CNN enjoy such a high degree of trust.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the network appearing to take a different direction with the departure of Jeff Zucker in 2022, it is still largely the blindly partisan anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-donald-trumps-campaign-just-made-historic-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> network that viewers came to know.<\/p>\n<p>Even more strange is Lemon and Cuomo\u2019s trust rating being higher than that of Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>How Cuomo could exit CNN with a better reputation is confusing, to say the least. In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/30\/business\/media\/chris-cuomo-suspended-cnn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was involved in a fiasco<\/a> while working for the network when he tried to assist his brother, former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/actor-steve-buscemi-attacked-broad-daylight-walking-new-york-city-street-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> Gov. Andrew Cuomo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-claims-hundreds-of-fbi-employees-resigned-agency-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations\/\" title=\"Whistleblower Claims Hundreds Of FBI Employees Resigned Agency Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations\">amid sexual misconduct allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View THR\/Morning Consult Media Survey 2024 on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/735172143\/THR-Morning-Consult-Media-Survey-2024#from_embed\">THR\/Morning Consult Media S\u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View THR's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/429915063\/THR#from_embed\">THR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the survey is taken at face value, the numbers still do not look flattering for anyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/many-americans-forget-reason-memorial-day-grateful-dutch-people-preserving-memory-field-white-crosses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans<\/a>, it seems, hardly have an unshakeable faith in the mainstream media. Promising percentages would be at 80 percent or above in trusting some of these names.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, The Hollywood Reporter did not try to take a pessimistic tone in its article as its intent is indicative of a glass-half-full mentality in saying, \u201cLook who\u2019s trustworthy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The timing is everything given the November presidential election is fast approaching and these networks will help shape voters\u2019 opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the aforementioned CNN, which will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sen-mike-lee-epic-proposal-enhance-trump-vs-biden-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first presidential debate<\/a> between Trump and President Joe Biden in June.<\/p>\n<p>Polls like this may prove useful in boosting American\u2019s confidence and viewership for the network.<\/p>\n<p>The cynic should look at these polls for what they are: The mainstream media running damage control to an audience that has surely been growing skeptical in recent years.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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He holds a BA in History from Middle Tennessee State University and an MA in History from University College London. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to identify America&#8217;s most trusted news anchors, The Hollywood Reporter and Morning Consult conducted a poll. However, the surprising results have further fueled doubt in media credibility. 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