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For ‘untrusting’ news audiences in India, more faith in Google, WhatsApp: Reuters study

A report released by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism claims that “generally untrusting” audiences are mostly indifferent towards news they encounter on digital platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Google. “Their suspicion towards news was often anchored in deep-seated beliefs about the news media as biased, manipulative, and even corrupt,” the report said.

The report – titled Snap judgements: How audiences who lack trust in news navigate information on digital platforms – was released on Monday as part of the Trust in News Project undertaken by the Reuters Institute with support from the Facebook Journalism Project.

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