Americans’ trust in the news media grew 8 percentage points this year, compared to 4 percentage points in 2024, according to a recent survey by the data firm YouGov.

But news consumption remains as politically divided as the country. With few exceptions such as financial news sources like Forbes and The Economist, or The Weather Channel, Democrats and Republicans don’t have faith in the same outlets.

, YouGov asked people about the trustworthiness of 52 news sources.

Democrats are much more inclined to believe the news than Republicans, but the latter’s faith increased 7 percentage points from last year.

At 85%, a greater share of Democrats trusted 44 of the 52 outlets. Only 40% of Republicans trusted 21 of the outlets more than distrusted them.

Democrats trust PBS, the BBC and NBC th

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