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PUBLIC TV and radio remain the most trusted news sources in Malta, as in all EU member states except Hungary and Po- land. Despite this, the Maltese, along with the Greeks, rank as the third least likely to trust their public broadcaster. This emerges from a Euroba- rometer survey conducted in October which included 500 Maltese respondents. In the EU, 48% trust their na- tional broadcaster, whereas in Malta, only 35% express con- fidence in the Public Broad- casting Service (PBS). The only countries with lower trust lev- els in their public broadcaster are Poland (26%) and Hungary (25%), both of which have faced repeated EU scrutiny over the past decade on rule of law and democracy issues. The Finns (71%), followed by the Portuguese (65%) and the Swedes (63%), exhibit the high- est levels of trust in their na- tional broadcasters. The written press, including its online derivatives, is consid- ered the second most trusted source of news in both Malta (35%) and the European Un- ion as a whole (38%). In Malta, the written press is less trusted than in 15 other EU member states but more trusted than in 11 others. It is most trusted in Finland and the Netherlands (56%) and least trusted in Po- land and the Czechia (21%). 8 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 22 NOVEMBER 2023 NEWS NEWS Maltese public broadcaster among Maltese citizens are the third least likely in the European Union to trust public television, according to a Eurobarometer survey held in October. JAMES DEBONO reports. Country Public TV and radio Written Press (including online) Online news platforms/ blogs Friends I follow on social media Private TV Finland 71 56 9 13 25 Portugal 65 54 9 11 53 Sweden 63 53 13 13 16 Denmark 61 44 7 13 17 Netherlands 60 56 11 12 25 Luxembourg 59 54 10 13 27 Estonia 59 47 13 17 21 Belgium 56 50 9 13 23 Ireland 56 44 17 24 22 Germany 54 38 6 13 23 Lithuania 54 30 10 25 23 Austria 50 41 15 16 27 Latvia 50 22 12 20 19 Bulgaria 49 20 20 22 23 Spain 48 44 14 16 40 EU 27 48 38 12 16 29 Slovenia 48 26 14 18 21 France 46 43 7 11 30 Croatia 46 25 22 21 29 Slovakia 46 24 16 19 24 Czech Rep 45 21 20 22 27 Italy 45 39 16 13 28 Cyprus 45 33 22 24 39 Romania 43 25 19 20 38 Greece 39 34 29 16 31 Malta 39 35 25 16 26 Poland 26 21 15 29 41 Hungary 25 22 28 28 18 Which news sources do you trust most? Do yuu follow any influencers or content creators on social media?