Filipinos' Trust in News Declines Amid Divisive Politics

Filipinos do not trust the news. Are they sick of divisive politics?

Filipinos are losing faith in the news faster than audiences elsewhere, as analysts attribute the decline in confidence to years of attacks on the Philippine media industry and the growing reach of influence operations on social media. Only 28 per cent of Filipinos said they trusted news most of the time, down from 38 per cent in 2025, according to the latest survey by the Reuters Institute Digital News Report, the steepest decline among respondents across 48 markets. The figure placed the...

By Sam Beltran