The given charts illustrate the percentage of people’s news sources in the past week and how credible the sources were for them. Units are measured in percent.
Overall, it can clearly be seen that people mainly obtain their news from local television news. Moreover, the level of trust in each news source is high.
In terms of media of the news, local news peaked at 80, followed by the national networks at just above 70. Subsequently, newspapers and radio news are moderately popular at roughly 65 and approximately 55, respectively. Additionally, the lowest percentage was online-only sources and magazines. The former was just above 50, and the latter was just below 40.
Regarding the credibility of the news origin, local news television had the highest level of trust at around 55. This figure was followed by radio news and national networks at around 45. Thereafter, the percentage of newspapers and magazines was just above 40 and precisely 40, respectively. In contrast, online-only sources had the lowest percentage at around 25, whereas distrust percentage was the highest at precisely 20. Furthermore, the mistrust level of national networks and magazines is relatively low at approximately 15. In addition, local television news, newspapers, and radio news had the lowest level of wariness at roughly 10.