Americans trust Google and Amazon more than Tom Hanks, report finds

Who could possibly be more trustworthy than Tom Hanks — America's most trusted man, aka Forest Gump, Mr. Rogers, and Woody from Toy Story? Amazon and Google, apparently.

Despite their many of scandals over the past year, the two tech giants nearly topped the list of the most trusted brands in the U.S., behind only the U.S. Postal Service, according to a report published Monday by market research firm Morning Consult.

The report is based on online surveys conducted for nearly 2,000 brands over two months, with an average of 16,700 interviews per brand.

Across age groups, 39 percent and 38 percent of people trust Amazon and Google "a lot" to do the right thing, respectively. To put that in perspective, that's more than the 36 percent of people who trust "extreme weather warnings" and the 34 percent of people who trust Tom Hanks. Read more...