While Fox News makes it clear that it has a conservative bent, the network is America's most trusted news network, a Quinnipiac University poll released on Monday found.
The poll was conducted from Feb. 26 to March 2, with 1,286 registered voters responding. It found that 29 percent consider Fox News the most trusted news network today, while CNN received 22 percent. NBC News and CBS News received 10 percent support each, while ABC News got 8 percent. MSNBC came in last, with just 7 percent trusting the network.
However, when asked, “Do you trust the journalistic coverage provided by FOX News,”only 20 percent replied “a great deal.” Thirty-five percent said “somewhat.” ABC, CBS and NBC each got 14 percent for “a great deal,” while MSNBC got 11 percent for “a great deal.” CNN received 18 percent.
Americans trust their local news journalists, who are trusted “a great deal” by 19 percent of voters.
“FOX News may be the most trusted in the network and cable news race, but they all take a back seat to your local news," Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement.
Quinnipiac also asked voters about suspended NBC News anchor Brian Williams and voters actually supported his return, with 42 percent saying he should come back. That’s probably good news for NBC News.
Voters would also like to see Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly suspended for his own reporting scandal. Twelve percent say that he should be fired, 11 percent think he should just be suspended. Twenty-three percent say he should stay, while 51 percent said they had not heard enough about the situation to make a decision.
Lastly, Quinnipiac found that 19 percent of voters would like to see Tina Fey replace Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.
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