A solid majority of voters believe news organizations play favorites when it comes to fact-checking the statements of candidates, according to a poll released Friday.

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A survey of likely voters by Rasmussen Reports shows just 29 percent trust media fact-checking of candidates, while 62 percent believe news organizations twist the facts to help candidates whom they appear to support.

Of voters who back Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's presidential bid, the mistrust in fact-checkers skyrockets: 88 percent of the Republican nominee's backers feel media organizations skew the facts.

However, 59 percent of those backing Democrat Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE trust fact-checking by news organizations.

A majority of supporters of Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson Gary Earl JohnsonWhat the numbers say about Trump's chances at reelection Presidential race tightens in Minnesota as Trump plows resources into state The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden condemns violence, blames Trump for fomenting it l Bitter Mass. primaries reach the end l Super PAC spending set to explode MORE and Green Party nominee Jill Stein also don't trust media fact-checkers.

The poll comes after CNN recently came under fire for its decision to apply fact-checking chyrons, or on-screen graphics, to Trump's statements but never to Clinton’s.

CNN media reporter and "Reliable Sources" host Brian Stelter defended CNN's decision to only fact-check Trump, saying in a recent PBS forum with the Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro that chyrons can't be applied for Clinton's falsehoods because they “may be more complicated, maybe more nuanced, may take a lot more explanation versus some of what Trump has said.”

Rasmussen's national survey was conducted using 1,000 likely voters who were contacted by telephone and online. Its margin of error is 3 points.