NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University released a new national poll on Tuesday.
They found that four out of five Republican voters say major, national media organizations publish false news reports for political purposes.
Sixty-one percent of independents and 31 percent of Democrats had the same belief.
“President Trump’s rhetoric appears to be having a massive impact on voter confidence in the media,” said Wason Center Assistant Director Rachel Bitecofer in a news release. “Although confidence in media has been declining for the past few decades, this represents a sharp decline in trust, which carries serious implications.”
Politics also continues to polarize the country.
Seven out of 10 Republicans say the views of Democrats are a threat to the country, while 55 percent of Democrats say the same about Republicans.
The poll was conducted between February 3 and February 17, 2019, from a survey of 1,001 likely voters. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percent