Even among Tory MPs, the Mail gets negative ratings
The Daily Mail is the least-trusted news outlet among MPs, according to a new Yougov survey, with even Tory MPs giving it a negative rating.
The survey of 108 MPs, carried out in July, found that the Daily Mail was trusted by just 19% of MPs, while it was distrusted by 58%. It had an overall rating of -39.
Right-wing broadcaster GB News also had the same untrustworthy score as the Daily Mail.
According to MPs, the Financial Times is the most-trusted news outlet. Some 70% of MPs surveyed by Yougov said that they trusted the FT.
The Press Gazette reports: “It had the biggest proportion (22%) of MPs who found it to be “very trustworthy” out of all of the 15 prominent outlets included in the survey. Meanwhile 12% of MPs said the business newspaper was untrustworthy or very untrustworthy.”
Members of the general public also deemed the FT to be the most trustworthy news outlet.
The second most-trusted news outlet was The Times, which was trusted by 63% of MPs, followed by ITV News, making it the highest-ranked broadcaster with a 45% trust score versus a 14% untrustworthy score.
Basit Mahmood is the editor of Left Foot Forward
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