From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.
In this programme, trust in the news is the lowest it's ever been.
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And I'm Georgie.
In this programme, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary and the headlines that will help you understand it.
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode
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Trust in news around the world is the lowest it has been since annual reports
began in 2015. The 2026 Digital News Report, published by the Reuters Institute, studied 48 markets made up of countries
and territories and looked at the habits and attitudes surrounding online news consumption.
The report suggests that public trust in the news is at 27%, three points down from last year.
In the UK, trust is 20 points lower than it was 10 years ago.
For the first time, social media and video networks are on average
more popular than both TV and news websites and apps as sources of news.
The use of AI chatbots for news is also growing quickly.
Let's have our first headline.
This one is from BBC News.
Trust in news hits a new low, research suggests.
Again, that headline from BBC News.