Bill Maher, the political satirist who hosts Real Time with Bill Maher on Max, is trusted more by the American public than several other high-profile names in the media, according to a new poll from WPA Intelligence obtained by Mediaite.

According to the survey of 1,000 respondents, which has a margin of error of 3.1%, Maher is trusted by a larger proportion of the country than former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, podcaster Joe Rogan, and even CNN anchor Jake Tapper.

Maher, whose name is recognized by 77% of the country, is trusted by 40% of all respondents and 52% of those who said they were familiar with him.

Both Rogan and Carlson had slightly higher name IDs than Maher, at 80% and 81%, respectively, but had gained the trust of a smaller portion of both their audiences and the country more generally.

Rogan is trusted by 36% of respondents and 45% of those familiar with him, while Carlson is trusted by 35% of respondents and 43% of those who know him well.

Tapper is by far the least well-known of the bunch; just 53% of the public said they knew who he was. As a result, his trust rating with all respondents was also the lowest at 23%, but his rating among those familiar with him was sandwiched between Rogan and Carlson at 44%.

The poll follows a similar one reported on by Mediaite Thursday that suggested that far-right, Trump-cheerleading influencers like Tim Pool and Jack Posobiec are not nearly as influential as their large social media following might suggest.

According to that survey, just 3% of Republicans trust Posobiec and only 1% trust Pool. Even among the demographic that would intuitively be most sympathetic to the pair — Trump voters who get most of their news online — their trust ratings stand at just 6% and 3%.

The pair of surveys provides an interesting look at the increasingly fractured political media landscape and what kinds of sources Americans trust to deliver them accurate information within it.

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