Young People Think Everything They Read In Newspapers Is True 3.02K Adrian Chen 08/14/10 02:11PM Filed to: Polls Polls Newspapers Kids These Days journalismism Gallup Shutterstock pic A new Gallup poll shows that 49 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds have a "great deal" of confidence in newspapers, compared to just 16 percent of 30- to 49-year-olds. This is because they have never read a newspaper.