study finds newspapers most trusted news source

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark commissioned a survey of Americans’ trust of news sources. Among the findings: Newspapers are the most trusted source of news for most respondents, but that’s not exactly something to crow about: Only 22 percent overall called newspapers “very credible” for reporting on politics and elections. Cable and networks news are a close second with 21% saying they are very credible. (A Gallup poll last fall found 55% of Americans distrust the media generally.) Read more here