Mediawatch Trust in news slump stalls, Canada pushes back
Another year - another drop in trust in the news here, according to the biggest annual survey of it. But the slump seems to have stalled and some outlets have even gained trust this time round - though we’re still world leaders in ‘news avoidance.’ Mediawatch looks at all this - and talks to a Canadian confronting the same trends there.
New Zealanders’ trust in the news has been falling for years - five years in a row according to the most comprehensive annual survey of it carried out that's carried out here.
And we’ve also been leading the world in the proportion of people who say they actively avoid the news.
So no wonder our news outlets fear the worst when the AUT's Trust in news in Aotearoa New Zealand report comes out.
But the latest survey shows the slump trust in our news media has stalled - and local outlets are actually more trusted this year. How come?
Also Mediawatch talks to a longtime journalist striving to restore trust in local media in Canada with the help of fellow 'Ink-Stained Wretches. And they’re also coming to terms with the turmoil of Trump turning on former friends north of the border in a big way.