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Study: Americans trust ‘The Daily Show’ for news more than MSNBC

By Ashe Schow
Published June 10, 2014 3:01pm ET
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Study: Americans trust ‘The Daily Show’ for news more than MSNBC
Television host Jon Stewart is seen during a taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York, Wednesday Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Brad Barket) | Brad Barket

Americans trust “The Daily Show” as a news source more than they trust MSNBC, according to a new study from the Brookings Institution.

Only 5 percent of those surveyed named MSNBC as their most trusted news source to “provide accurate information about politics and current events,” versus 8 percent for Comedy Central’s news parody and political comedy show.

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