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Toplines - Trust in Political News - January 2, 2017

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National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters

Conducted January 2, 2017
By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* In a typical week, how often do you watch cable news networks for political news?

 

24% Rarely or never

19% Occasionally
10% About once a week
21% Several times a week
25% Every day
  0% Not sure

 

2* (Asked of approximately 750 cable news watchers) Which cable news network do you generally watch—Fox News, CNN or MSNBC?

 

42% Fox News
35% CNN
19% MSNBC
  4% Not sure

 

3* Do you trust the political news you are getting?

 

37% Yes
36% No
26% Not sure

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.