Greek media perceived as most inaccurate worldwide - survey
Greeks are the most sceptical in the world towards their country’s media, a Pew Research Centre study found while Nigeria is 5th on the list.
In Pew’s public opinion survey, only 18% of Greeks answered that they believe that their national media are doing a good or somewhat good job of reporting on political issues. This is the lowest percentage among the 38 countries surveyed. The corresponding figure for the U.S. is 47%, Australia is at 48%, Canada is at 73%, and Turkey is at 57%.
The survey also found that only 25% of Greeks trust their media to accurately report news regarding politicians and public officials.
Overall, a median of 75%t of respondents across the 38 countries included in the poll stated that it is never acceptable for a news organisation to favour one political party over others when reporting the news. Only 20% said this is sometimes acceptable.
Respondents from Europe were those who were the most opposed to political bias in their news, including 89% of those polled in Spain and 88% of those surveyed in Greece who considered this practice unacceptable, as compared to 78% of respondents in the United States. In only five countries do at least 30% of respondents believe it is acceptable for the media to favour one political party.
In Pew’s public opinion survey, only 18% of Greeks answered that they believe that their national media are doing a good or somewhat good job of reporting on political issues. This is the lowest percentage among the 38 countries surveyed. The corresponding figure for the U.S. is 47%, Australia is at 48%, Canada is at 73%, and Turkey is at 57%.
The survey also found that only 25% of Greeks trust their media to accurately report news regarding politicians and public officials.
Overall, a median of 75%t of respondents across the 38 countries included in the poll stated that it is never acceptable for a news organisation to favour one political party over others when reporting the news. Only 20% said this is sometimes acceptable.
Respondents from Europe were those who were the most opposed to political bias in their news, including 89% of those polled in Spain and 88% of those surveyed in Greece who considered this practice unacceptable, as compared to 78% of respondents in the United States. In only five countries do at least 30% of respondents believe it is acceptable for the media to favour one political party.
Share of people who say their news media are doing very/somewhat well at reporting news accurately(2018)
Country | Political issues fairly | News about govt. leaders and officials |
News accurately | Most important news events |
Tanzania | 83,00% | 89,00% | 93,00% | 92,00% |
Philippines | 78,00% | 83,00% | 86,00% | 87,00% |
Indonesia | 77,00% | 85,00% | 85,00% | 89,00% |
Netherlands | 74,00% | 82,00% | 82,00% | 89,00% |
India | 65,00% | 72,00% | 80,00% | 72,00% |
Kenya | 70,00% | 75,00% | 80,00% | 82,00% |
Vietnam | 78,00% | 78,00% | 80,00% | 85,00% |
Canada | 73,00% | 79,00% | 78,00% | 82,00% |
Sweden | 66,00% | 78,00% | 78,00% | 86,00% |
Ghana | 68,00% | 70,00% | 77,00% | 81,00% |
Germany | 72,00% | 77,00% | 75,00% | 85,00% |
South Africa | 65,00% | 69,00% | 73,00% | 76,00% |
Senegal | 75,00% | 75,00% | 72,00% | 84,00% |
Nigeria | 67,00% | 68,00% | 71,00% | 74,00% |
Japan | 55,00% | 55,00% | 65,00% | 74,00% |
Turkey | 57,00% | 73,00% | 65,00% | 74,00% |
Israel | 42,00% | 50,00% | 63,00% | 78,00% |
UK | 52,00% | 64,00% | 63,00% | 74,00% |
France | 47,00% | 54,00% | 62,00% | 73,00% |
Mexico | 58,00% | 55,00% | 62,00% | 68,00% |
Russia | 55,00% | 68,00% | 60,00% | 79,00% |
Venezuela | 52,00% | 50,00% | 58,00% | 62,00% |
Australia | 48,00% | 60,00% | 57,00% | 65,00% |
Brazil | 45,00% | 54,00% | 57,00% | 66,00% |
Tunisia | 48,00% | 52,00% | 56,00% | 58,00% |
U.S. | 47,00% | 58,00% | 56,00% | 61,00% |
Jordan | 46,00% | 47,00% | 55,00% | 60,00% |
Hungary | 42,00% | 49,00% | 54,00% | 63,00% |
Peru | 42,00% | 42,00% | 51,00% | 59,00% |
Lebanon | 36,00% | 62,00% | 48,00% | 73,00% |
Spain | 33,00% | 48,00% | 48,00% | 63,00% |
Argentina | 37,00% | 38,00% | 45,00% | 56,00% |
Italy | 36,00% | 46,00% | 45,00% | 60,00% |
Poland | 40,00% | 43,00% | 43,00% | 59,00% |
Chile | 36,00% | 36,00% | 42,00% | 55,00% |
Colombia | 38,00% | 43,00% | 41,00% | 57,00% |
South Korea | 27,00% | 26,00% | 36,00% | 44,00% |
Greece | 18,00% | 25,00% | 22,00% | 42,00% |