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Bulgarians do not trust public media much, but still need them

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Bulgarians do not trust public media, but they see them as something needed, as they get informed by them on a daily basis, results of a study by the Conrad Adenauer Foundation, conducted in 10 countries in Southeast Europe, show.

About 81% of Bulgarians see public media as important factor for democracy. 69 percent of Bulgarian believe that public media are politically influenced. Only 24% of the respondents trust the Bulgarian National Television, while 31% say they trust the Bulgarian National Radio. However, private radios have a smaller audience - 41%, while the total audience of BNT and BNR is 71%. The expectations for the program content of Bulgarian public media are: news - 74%, educational programs - 68% movies - 66%.



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