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By Mike Allen · Oct 02, 2025

Just one more day to go. Today's newsletter, edited by Alex Fitzpatrick, is 590 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Carlos Cunha for copy editing.

 
 
1 big thing: Media trust hits new low
 
A line chart that tracks the share of Americans expressing trust in mass media from 1997 to 2025. Overall, trust peaked at 55% in 1998 and 1999, then declined to 28% by 2025. Democrats
Data: Gallup poll; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

For the third year in a row, the share of Americans who say they have a great deal or a fair amount of trust in mass media has fallen to a record low, Axios' Sara Fischer reports from a new Gallup survey.

  • Only 28% say they have a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the mass media, down from 68% in 1972.