News Brief

(IsraelNN.com) A study conducted by the University of Haifa shows that while the public thinks journalism is an important and respected profession, the Israeli media cannot be trusted. The results of the survey were presented at the Journalists Conference held in Eilat at the end of November.

The results of the poll show 60 percent of the public thinks journalism is an important profession. Doctors, social workers, and teachers, are more respected than journalists, while lawyers, politicians, public relations professionals and building contractors are considered less respectable.

Only 40 perfect of respondents said they trust journalists, with women believing more than men, and the educated less than the un-educated. Only 53 percent of those who were firsthand witnesses to news events said that the story was accurately reported later by the press. A whopping 60 percent said they would not want their own children to become reporters.