NBC News’ Lester Holt and CNN’s Anderson Cooper are America’s most trusted news personalities, finds new poll
NBC News’ Lester Holt and CNN’s Anderson Cooper are America’s most trusted news personalities. That’s according to a poll conducted by The Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult, which finds the representative faces of their networks, Holt and Cooper, as the top picks for broadcast news anchor and cable news anchor, respectively, reports TVNewser.
According to TVNewser, Holt, above, “received a thumbs up from 65% of survey respondents agreeing that they trust him “a lot.” ABC News’ David Muir trailed Holt by 2%, with a favorable rating of 63%, while CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell was third with 53%.
“On the cable news side, 60% of poll respondents place their trust in Cooper and weekend host Chris Wallace, compared to the 51% who endorsed MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Meanwhile, Fox News’ Sean Hannity had a trust rating of only 38% for a third-place finish. But Hannity did receive the highest score for mistrust—45% of respondents indicated they placed “not much” trust in him, followed by Cooper at 35% and Maddow at 33%.”
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