JERUSALEM, April 3, 2007 (WAFA) - Palestinians view Al-Jazeera TV, Al-Quds Newspaper and as the most reliable sources of news, A public opinion poll said.
A public opinion poll conducted by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC) during the period between 19 and 21 March 2007 asked the Palestinian public about the TV channel, newspaper and radio station they trust as the most reliable source of news.
The results of the poll conducted with a sample of 1,198 persons (757 in the West Bank and 441 in Gaza Strip) showed that 33% of the sample does not read any newspaper at all while a ratio of 29.4% said they don't listen to any radio stations. A ratio of 4.8% said they don't trust any TV station.
The JMCC media poll showed that a ratio of 48.4% of the Palestinian public who watch TV trust al-Jazeera TV as the most reliable source of news while a ratio of 52.7% of those who read newspapers classified al-Quds Newspaper as the first source of news. A ratio of 13.4% of the sample who listen to the radio trust Voice of al-Aqsa as the most reliable source of news.
A ratio of 10.4% of the respondents who watch TV (1,166 - 733 in the West Bank and 433 in Gaza Strip) said al-Arabia TV is the most reliable source of news they trust while 19.8% of those who read newspapers (803 - 548 in the West Bank and 255 in Gaza Strip) trust al-Ayyam Newspaper as their most reliable source of news. A ratio of 12.2% of those who listen to the radio (846 - 498 in the West Bank and 348 in Gaza Strip) said Voice of Palestine "the Palestinian official radio station" is their most reliable source of news.
A large ratio of the Palestinian public (33%) does not read newspapers at all and the results showed that the Palestinians in the West Bank read newspapers more than Palestinians in Gaza Strip. A ratio of 42.2% of the sample in Gaza Strip said they do not read newspapers at all compared with 27.6% in the West Bank.
The results show that the majority of listeners to Voice of al-Aqsa which got the highest rating in terms of popular trust are from Gaza Strip - a ratio of 23.8% of them were from Gaza strip compared with 1.1% from the West Bank. The results indicate that 12.4% in the West Bank compared with 2.0% only in Gaza said that they trust most Voice of Palestine as a source of news.
A random sample of 1198 people over the age of 18 was interviewed face-to-face throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip between 19th and 21st of March 2007. The interviews were conducted in randomly selected homes, and the subjects inside each home were also selected randomly according to Kish tables. The interviews were conducted in 60 sampling points chosen randomly according to population.
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