---
title: "State of the News Media 2004: Network TV"
description: "Network television news was once the most trusted source of information in America. It also had a monopoly over pictures and television reporting from across the country and around the world."
date: "2004-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2004/03/19/state-of-the-news-media-2004-network-tv/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# State of the News Media 2004: Network TV