Of course we trust team Fox. They play their parts so well

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/29/fox-news-america-tv-trust

A list of the celebrities that Americans most trust offers a clue to the astonishing faith they put in Glenn Beck and co

o Marina Hyde

o guardian.co.uk, Friday 29 January 2010 21.00 GMT

In a development believed to have caused Thursday's international run on duct tape and tinned goods, an opinion poll this week suggested Fox News is the most trusted news operation in America. Dig into the data and it's a little more nuanced and complex than "flood's a comin'", but what it shakes down to is that 49% of Americans trust Fox. The survey of 1,151 registered voters was greeted by much wailing and gnashing of teeth – making it in many ways resemble a broadcast by Fox's most eye-catching lab experiment, Glenn Beck.

If the wailers and gnashers weren't such godless liberals, of course, they'd be thumbing their way to the bit in the Book of Revelation that predicts exactly this occurrence, but instead they have been plunged into shock. Yet is it all that surprising? Whether Rupert Murdoch's news network is to your taste or not, you have to concede that it is an awesomely effective product, and the news-as-telenovela concept has revolutionised the marketplace.