President Donald Trump and his administration are more trustworthy than the news media among voters, according to a newly released Emerson College poll.

The poll indicates that the administration is considered honest by 49 percent of registered voters and untruthful by 48 percent.

“Voters trust President Trump more than the news media.”

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The same survey finds that the news media is less trusted than the administration, with 53 percent of voters calling it untruthful and just 39 percent finding the press to be honest.

Unsurprisingly the Emerson College poll also found a majority of Republicans approve of the job Trump is doing while Democrats largely disapprove. The poll shows that Trump’s approval rating is split with 48 percent approving, and 47 percent disapproving.

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The partisan divide is pronounced, with a whopping 89 percent of Republicans approving of the new administration, while 81 percent of Democrats disapprove. Independent voters disapprove of the president’s performance by a margin of 52 percent to 42 percent.

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For more than a year, President Trump has slammed the mainstream media for their fake news and unfair reporting. The Emerson College survey could indicate Trump has won that battle, defanging a hostile media by convincing a majority of Americans to disregard their hyperbolic attacks.

As the most recent example of media bias and inflammatory reporting failing to change public opinion, a Politico poll conducted earlier this week shows that 55 percent of Americans support Trump’s executive order on immigration — despite nearly universal negative coverage in the press.