Media Trust Bounces Back Sharply During President Trump’s First Six Months In Office: I&I/TIPP Poll
Terry Jones
July 30, 2025
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You might think that the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term in office has been especially rough on the media. But if you do, you’re very wrong. In fact, though still not in positive territory, trust in the media has jumped sharply over the same half-year period a year earlier, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows.
In I&I/TIPP’s online national poll of 1,421 adults, taken from June 25 to June 27, we asked (as we do each month) the following question:
Generally speaking, how much trust do you have in the traditional or established news media (Example: Washington Post, New York Times, NPR, CBS News, etc.) to report the news accurately and fairly?”
For our July poll, 41% said they either had “a lot of trust” (17%) or “quite a bit of trust” (24%). Meanwhile, 51% responded that they had either “little trust” (28%) or “no trust at all” (23%). Of the remaining poll participants, 8% weren’t sure.
But the opinion is not evenly distributed when it comes to political leanings.
For instance, Democrats are fairly sanguine about the big media that still loom over the news landscape. They are the only political grouping that trusts the media: 53% say they trust, 42% say they don’t trust the media.
For Republicans and independents, distrust is the common-ground: Republicans (40% trust, 55% distrust) and indie voters (32% trust, 59% distrust) are big-time media skeptics.
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https://issuesinsights.com/2025/07/30/media-trust-bounces-back-sharply-during-president-trumps-first-six-months-in-office-ii-tipp-poll/
