Survey confirms that the ABC remains the most trusted news source
A survey by Essential Research in December 2010 has confirmed the results of previous surveys by polling companies such as Newspoll and A.C. Neilsen. The ABC is the most trusted news source in Australia.
The survey found that 82% of respondents believe that ABC TV news was always or usually trustworthy.
However only 69% felt that commercial TV news was always or usually trustworthy.
Newspapers fared even worse with a trustworthy score of only 65%
Further down the ladder were commercial radio news at 62%, pay TV news at 48% and internet blogs at 17%.
