Fox News is America's most trusted news channel, new poll says


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The "fair and balanced" news network is also the most trustworthy, according to a new poll.

Fox News was named America's most trusted news network in a new poll by Quinnipiac University. The national phone survey of 1,286 registered voters nationwide found Fox News Channel was trusted by 29 percent of respondents.

In the comparison rankings, CNN came in at second place with 22 percent of the votes. NBC News and CBS News tied for third with 10 percent, followed by ABC News with 8 percent and MSNBC with 7 percent.

When simply asked "Do you trust the journalistic coverage provided by" each outlet, Fox News' team that includes Bill O'Reilly and Syracuse native Megyn Kelly was trusted "a great deal" by 20 percent and "somewhat" by 35 percent.

NBC News, despite the recent Brian Williams scandal, scored higher overall with 60 percent trusting the peacock network (14 percent i"a great deal" and 46 percent "somewhat"). Only local TV news drew a higher total, with 71 percent trusting local anchors and reporters "a great deal" (19 percent) or "somewhat" (52 percent).

Forty-two percent of voters said Williams should be allowed to come back to "NBC Nightly News" after his six-month suspension ends. Thirty-five percent wanted to see him replaced permanently.

By comparison, only 12 percent said O'Reilly, similarly accused of making inaccurate claims in his stories, should be fired.

"American news watchers long for an era where the person in the big chair could be truly trusted," Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement. "And that's the way it is," he added, referencing the late, great Walter Cronkite.

According to AL.com, Republicans were found to be biggest fans of Fox, with 58 percent trusting its coverage. Only 13 percent of GOP voters trusted CNN the most, and even less (2 percent) favored MSNBC.

For Democrats, CNN was the top choice with 32 percent, followed by NBC with 15 percent. CBS and MSNBC tied with 14 percent, while ABC scored 8 percent and Fox got 3 percent.

In the lighter side of the news, the poll also asked who should replace Jon Stewart after he retires from "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central. Tina Fey was the top choice with 19 percent of votes, followed by Dennis Miller with 16 percent.

The poll was conducted from Feb. 26 to March 2 and has a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points.


That's at least 3 or 4 years in a row Fox has led in these polls.