⁍ Less than half of Britain’s people trust in news organisations as a source for COVID-19 information.
⁍ The level of trust has fallen throughout the pandemic.
⁍ About 8 million people in Britain are now at risk of being less informed.
– A new report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism finds that fewer than half of Brits trust news organizations to provide accurate information about the West Nile virus. That’s down from 57% in April and up from 55% in August, reports Reuters. “The significant growth in the number of people vulnerable to misinformation means the UK is less well equipped to deal with the coronavirus communications crisis during the second wave and the winter ahead,” says the institute’s director.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-media/trust-in-uk-news-organisations-tumbles-during-covid-19-outbreak-reuters-institute-idUSKBN27C108