If Donald Trump winning the White House after 18 months of negative media coverage doesn’t make sense to you, a new survey could help shed some light on the issue. According to the Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism, Canadians are far more likely to trust their news sources than Americans. Click for full size

Fifty-five per cent of Canadian respondents in the institute’s survey agreed with the statement that “you can trust news most of the time.” In the U.S., only 33 per cent agreed. The poll was carried out in February by YouGov, so it doesn't reflect the recent controversy about fake news on social media. It found that populations which have experienced economic upheaval are less likely to trust the news. In crisis-riddled Greece, only 20 per cent have faith in news media, the lowest of any country surveyed.