Journalists Receive Low Favorability Ratings

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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.