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How many people actually trust Fox News?

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How many people actually trust Fox News?

1 Around four-in-ten Americans trust Fox News. Nearly the same share distrust it. Among all U.S. adults, 43\% say they trust Fox News for political and election news – similar to the shares who say they trust CBS News (45\%) and PBS (42\%), according to a November 2019 survey.

Is Fox News biased and accurate?

In their view, outlets they feel are biased are also inaccurate. But perceptions of bias and inaccuracy differed based on the respondents’ political persuasions, particularly with regard to Fox News, Breitbart News, CNN, and MSNBC.

Is Fox News owned by Fox News?

Fox News is an American basic cable and satellite news channel founded in 1996 by Rupert Murdoch. The Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox , owns Fox News. FNC is available in 90 million homes, and it operates the Fox Business Network and Fox News Radio.

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How many Americans dislike Fox News?

At the same time, 40\% of adults say they distrust Fox News – the highest share out of the 30 media outlets asked about in the survey, ahead of CNN (32\%) and the Rush Limbaugh radio show (29\%). The vast majority of adults (94\%) have heard of Fox News.

Is Fox News more conservative than other news sources?

Based on this scale, the average audience member for Fox News is more likely than the average U.S. adult to be conservative and Republican. But the average audiences for four other outlets in the study – the Daily Caller, Breitbart News, and the Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh radio shows – are to the right of the average Fox News viewer.

Why is the show on Fox News instead of CNN?

RRL said it chooses to air on Fox News because of the network’s wide-ranging viewer demographics and reach. According to 2018 Nielsen Media Research figures, the channel pulls in over double the adult viewers ages 35 and up that CNN attracts.

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How many Americans turn to Fox News?

Americans ages 65 and older account for around four-in-ten of those who say their main source is Fox News (37\%), compared with 21\% of all adults, according to the November survey. And around nine-in-ten who turn to Fox News (87\%) identify their race and ethnicity as non-Hispanic white, compared with 65\% of all adults.