Most Trusted Name In News

Apparently it is Fox. I think mostly because their viewers are zombies. I saw a link to this article by Sacred Heart University at Freakonomics. It will surely come as a surprise to some. I do not think that the media can do anything short of what Fox does to make the conservatives happy. Any how, This is how the they were rated.

The most trusted national TV news organizations, for accurate reporting, in declining order included: Fox News (27.0%), CNN (14.6%), and NBC News (10.90%). These were followed by ABC News (7.0%), local news (6.9%), CBS News (6.8%) MSNBC (4.0%), PBS News (3.0%), CNBC (0.6%) and CBN (0.5%).

I bet that the most informed viewers would be in direct opposite order, or close. Low and behold the Google confirms this. Here is an article By PIPA. PBS viewers most knowledgeable Fox least.

It would seem that perhaps Fox is not really trying to inform.

While it would seem that misperceptions are derived from a failure to pay attention to the news, in fact, overall, those who pay greater attention to the news are no less likely to have misperceptions. Among those who primarily watch Fox, those who pay more attention are more likely to have misperceptions. Only those who mostly get their news from print media have fewer misperceptions as they pay more attention.

I think news organizations can make themselves more believable by reporting the truth. Reporting republican spin is not helping. If you want to be a republican propaganda outlet like Fox, do it. Anything short is not going to make conservatives happy. The news media can make liberals happy because the actually want to be informed. As does the American public.