Journalists Receive Low Favorability Ratings

Publication Date: 06/09/2026 5:00 AM CST

Journalists Receive Low Favorability Ratings

Publication: 06/09/2026 5:00 AM CST

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Veteran journalist and longtime 60 Minutes correspondent, Scott Pelley, is viewed favorably by 29% of voters.
- Recently fired from CBS, Pelley is viewed unfavorably by 22%.
- More Democrats (36%) than Republicans (23%) view Pelley favorably.
- Even more (44%) voters who talk politics every or nearly every day view Pelley favorably.
- Half (49%) of voters have never heard of Pelley or don't know enough to have an opinion.
Editor-in-chief of CBS News, Bari Weiss, is viewed favorably by just 12% of voters.
- Nearly 1 in 3 voters (28%) view her unfavorably.
- Although Weiss was recently in the news for firing Scott Pelley, most voters (60%) have never heard of Weiss or don't know enough to have an opinion.
Fox News personality, Jesse Watters, is viewed favorably by 28% of voters, down 5 points from April 2023.
- A similar number of voters (24%) view Watters unfavorably.
- Far more Republicans (45%) than Democrats (15%) view Watters favorably.
- Half (48%) of voters have never heard of Watters or don't know enough to have an opinion.
MS NOW co-host of Morning Joe and former Republican member of Congress, Joe Scarborough, is viewed favorably by 22% of voters.
- Slightly more voters (26%) view Scarborough unfavorably.
- Favorable views are similar among Republicans (21%) and Democrats (26%).
- Thirty-seven percent (37%) of voters who talk politics every or nearly every day view Scarborough favorably.
- Half (51%) of voters have never heard of Scarborough or don't know enough to have an opinion.

Former Fox News and NBC anchor and current independent media host, Megyn Kelly, is viewed favorably by 30% of voters.
- Forty-one percent (41%) view her unfavorably.
- More Republicans (44%) than Democrats (19%) view Kelly favorably.
- Twenty-nine percent (29%) of voters have never heard of Kelly or don't know enough to have an opinion.
Former Fox News host and current independent media host, Tucker Carlson, is viewed favorably by 30% of voters.
- Nearly half (48%) of voters view him unfavorably.
- About half (48%) of Republicans view Carlson favorably, but 61% of Democrats view him unfavorably.
- Politically engaged voters view Carlson unfavorably by a 53% to 31% margin.
- About a quarter (23%) of voters have never heard of Carlson or don't know enough to have an opinion.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, June 3-4, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.