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LONDON, April 24 (Xinhuanet) -- British
newspapers are trusted by
their readers far less than any others in
the European Union (EU),
a latest poll found.
Eurobarometer, the polling body of the European Commission,
found in
its latest public opinion survey that trust in papers in
Britain was a
dismal 20 percent, the Guardian newspaper reported
Wednesday.
The rate was much lower than the EU average
of 46 percent, but
up by 5 percent compared with last year. No less
than 75 percent
respondents said they "tended not to trust" the
written press.
The next worst result, 39 percent, came
from Italy, where the
media is dominated by billionaire Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi.
Trust in the written media was the highest in
Belgium at 60
percent, followed by Finland and Luxembourg at 58
percent each.
About 48 percent of Britons read a
newspaper every day, higher
than the EU average 40 percent but far
lower than 72 percent for
Sweden.
Across the EU,
trust is higher in radio and television, at an
average figure of 62
percent. The poll in Britain showed 65
percent trust in radio and 71
percent in TV.
The poll found the most trusted
institution in Britain and for
seven other EU states was the army,
trusted by 82 percent;
followed by the police, 65 percent; and the
United Nations, 59
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