Every year it gets found to be the least trusted media in the western world. By a far margin too. The second worse is way-way above ours. Every year the news in the UK comes rock bottom of trustworthiness
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And to add, Russia is included in those 33 countries. Our news media is less trustworthy than even the State Controlled Russian News Media. That says all you need to know.
Below are 2 quotes from the link you posted, the say that trust is low in UK newspapers and points out the Daily Mail, but say trust is high in the British broadcast media, pointing out the BBC.
If you mean the print media in the UK are trying to manipulate the public you are correct, if you mean the broadcast media you are wrong.
External Link/Members OnlyWhile broadcast media is regulated by Ofcom, and enjoys stronger levels of public trust, newspapers have persisted with the sham IPSO complaints-handler. In one year alone IPSO received 8,000 complaints about discrimination and just 1 was upheld, while the body has failed to establish a single standards investigation in over five years. Until newspapers become independently regulated, trust will continue to decline.
Only today, the Daily Mail has devoted a whole page to criticise individuals for raising concerns about Personal Protective Equipment in a BBC programme. It appears that for the Mail free speech is not for everyone. The greatest irony is that the BBC is regulated independently, including for political partisanship, whereas the Mail remains entirely unregulated. If the Mail is so concerned it can write to Ofcom: if the individuals named and attacked in the Mail’s coverage have concerns, they might as well write to Santa.