Local news earns the most trust among news outlets

% of U.S. adults who said they have "some trust," "quite a bit of trust" and "a great deal of trust" in different sources of news

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Note: Survey of 1,057 U.S. adults conducted October 8-12, 2026. This chart omits respondents who said they have "not too much" trust in these sources or "none." Margin of error is ±4.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

Source: The Alliance for Trust/Medill Trust TrackerGet the data