The state of Philippine news: Trust falls amid changing media habits
Source: Inquirer.net
Published on: 2026-10-23 01:58
Over the past several years, Filipinos are increasingly getting their news from social media feeds and video platforms instead of going directly to news websites, picking up newspapers or tuning in to broadcasts, reflecting a broader shift in how people access information. The change has widened the channels through which people encounter news, but it has also coincided with a decline in public trust and interest. Trust in news in the Philippines plunged by 10 percentage points in 2026, the steepest decline among 48 markets surveyed, as fewer Filipinos expressed strong interest in news and more turned to social media and video platforms for updates, according to the Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2026. Only 28% of Filipino respondents said they trusted most news most of the time, down from 38% in 2025. The proportion who were extremely or very interested in news also fell, fr...
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