Share of Respondents That Agree They Can Trust the News Most of the Time
Source: Newman, Nick, Richard Fletcher, Anne Shulz, Simge Andi,and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen. "Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020," Reuters Institute, 2020
Topic: Disinformation
Reference year: 2020
Geographical area: Global
Method: Survey (N=79027)
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The chart shows the percentage of respondents who agreed with the statement, "I think you can trust the news most of the time." The results show that only in six out of 40 countries trust levels exceed 50%. The highlest levels of trust is found in Finland, with 56% agreeing with the statement, while South Korea exhibited the lowest levels of trust, only 21% agreement.