THE UNIVERSAL was placed as the leader of the Mexican media that generate greater confidence, according to the informe Digital News Report 2021 published by the Reuters Institute of the Oxford University (England).
The report indicates that this Editorial House has 63% confidence, which positioned it in second place only below CNN.
It is noteworthy that last year it was located in third place, below CNN, which repeated at the head of the ranking, and Aristegui Noticias.
Meanwhile, the Reuters Institute report indicates that THE UNIVERSAL It is the most consulted online medium. However, it is in third place in the field of TV, radio and press, below the two largest television stations in the country.
The report Digital News Report 2021 rHe highlighted that confidence in the news is low in Mexico by international standards, particularly due to repeated attacks by the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
AMLO attacks, a problem facing the media in Mexico: report
One of the main problems faced by media in Mexico -a polarized society, with economic contraction and Covid-19- is the frequency of attacks by a populist president who accuses the media of unequal coverage and corruption, according to the Digital News Report 2021 published last Wednesday by the Reuters Institute of the University of Oxford (England).
“The president is becoming more popular, and people are believing less and less in the media,” the text warns.
Mexico it is one of the few countries where the confidence of Mexicans in their media is declining, he adds.
In the report, made by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, attached to the University of Oxford, in collaboration with national institutions from the 6 continents, points to the attacks of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as one of the possible causes of the decreasing figures.
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