Relatively high interest in politics / very low trust in politicians:around three-quarters of people haveat least some interest in politics but over four-fifths of people have no or not very much trust in politicians to tell the truth.
Fact checkingof politicians and journalists isseen asimportantby the public:overwhelming majority of the British public, across all major demographic groups, think that it is important that an organisation exists that fact checks claims made by politicians and journalists.
Publishing corrections of incorrect statementsby politicians and journalistsis seen as importantby the public:overwhelming majority of the British public, across all major demographic groups,think that it is important that politicians and journalists publish corrections when they make factually incorrect statements.
Support for fact checking and publishing corrections varies by level of interest in politics and trust in politicians: those with higher levels of interest in politics are more likely to think that fact checking and the publishing of corrections are important. Those with no trust in politicians are more likely to think that it is ‘very important’ that politicians’ claims are fact checked and that politicians and journalists publish corrections, compared with those who have higher levels of trust in politicians