By Ko Dong-hwan
Cable channel JTBC is the country's most trusted provider of television news, according to a survey of 1,000 adults by Research View.
JTBC got a 27.9 percent rating, followed by state-controlled KBS (20.6 percent). SBS (11 percent) finished third, followed by MBC (10.5 percent.)
The survey found that most Koreans find JTBC to be the most reliable news source in terms of transparency.
Conducted by a polling agency Research View, the survey quizzed 1,000 mobile phone users over 19 using a random digit dialing method.
The rank also included TV Chosun (7.1 percent), MBN (4.7 percent) and Channel A (3.4 percent).