Online Consumers Say They Trust Net News

By KAREN KAPLAN

Nov. 23, 1998 12 AM PT

The Internet has held center stage for one of the biggest news stories of the year--the Monica Lewinsky scandal--and now more than 80% of U.S. online consumers say they trust Internet news outlets as much as they trust newspaper and television news sources, according to a survey by Jupiter Communications.

The results may surprise those who think of Matt Drudge’s gossipy Drudge Report as the quintessential online news source. But the New York new-media research firm also found that 7% of the 2,200 people surveyed believe online news is more reliable than its pre-Information Age counterparts.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

Online Consumers Say They Trust Net News

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