But an annual study conducted by the University of Würzburg last week shows that German trust in the media actually went up sharply in 2016. On the other hand, 38.8 percent of Germans still say they do not trust the news they receive from the print press. This score was an increase of about 7 percent on 2015 and was also a record since the study began. The report showed that those between the ages of 25 and 34 were least likely to trust the print press, with only one in two giving newspapers the thumbs up. While 59 percent of those in the west said they trust the newspapers, only 42 percent of residents of the east agreed.

Source: The Local April 04, 2017 13:18 UTC