section_path: Reputation
section_name: Reputation
paragraph_text: Reputation
  
  The Philippine Daily Inquirer was considered as one of the trusted news sources among Filipinos in 2022, with a trust rating of 65% according to the Reuters Institute. In the 2023 Digital News Report by Reuters Institute, the trust rating rose to 68%, making it one of the most trusted broadsheets in the country. The same study also cites the Inquirer, with a weekly reach for print of 28% with 13% reaching users at least three days a week; which makes it the most read broadsheet in the country. In terms of online reach, 36% of people in the survey read the online edition with 20% reading the paper at least three days a week, ranking third, next to GMA and ABS-CBN.
  
  At least two opinion pieces cite the Inquirer as the Philippines' newspaper of record but as an opportunity for criticism. The Manila Times criticized it for "publish... vapid, unthinking positions", which it called "reprehensible, at best". In 2014, Leloy Claudio in an opinion piece for GMA News noted it as a " de facto paper of record", and added: "This distinguished history only makes it more painful to say that the paper is starting to suck."