Poll: Most American trust radio news

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- More than half of Americans say they tend not to trust the media, a U.S. poll indicates.

A Harris Interactive poll found that just 30 percent of Americans trust the media, with respondents saying they trust radio more than television or the Internet.

Forty-four percent of respondents said they trusted radio, while 36 percent said they trust television, and 41 percent said they trust Internet news sites.

The poll of 2,302 U.S. adults was taken online Jan. 15-22. No margin of error was reported.

The poll found that 70 percent of respondents said they go to local television for political news, while two-thirds said they tune into to cable news stations like CNN, MSNBC or FOX, either all the time or occasionally.

Two-thirds of respondents said they also go to their local newspapers for news on politics all the time or occasionally, while 64 percent turn to the network television news.

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