A divide in attitudes towards the news media has been exacerbated by the growing phenomenon of fake news, particularly its impact on political discourse, current events and innocent individuals. Amid the deafening chorus of concern surrounding the accuracy of modern news coverage, which countries tend to trust their news media most and least? A recent Pew Research survey spanning 38 countries found that a median 62 percent of respondents say their news media does a good job reporting the news accurately.
The following infographic shows a selection of those 38 countries with the Dutch in particular placing a high degree of faith in the accuracy of their news coverage. 82 percent of people in the Netherlands said their news media are doing very or somewhat well at reporting the news accurately, ahead of India's 80 percent.
In the United Kingdom which has experienced sharp division both before and after the country's Brexit vote, only 63 percent of those polled felt they could rely on the news media for accurate reporting. In the United States, where the fake news debate is still going strong, only 56 percent of people think their news reports can be relied upon. Greece, where austerity is still raging, recorded the very worst score in the polling with only 22 percent of people trusting their news media.
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