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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Declining Trust in our Institutions: The Role of Media, Politics, and Tech

The News About the News Business Is Getting Grimmer
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/business/media/media-industry-layoffs-decline.html
Mass layoffs, closures and reader fatigue are afflicting news organizations as Americans prepare for a consequential election year.
 
How American Institutions Went from Trust to Bust
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-institutions-went-from-trust-to-bust-media-schools-business-promises-43c8d18
Leaders betrayed and disdained the people, and partisanship and social media didn’t help.
 
Why we stopped trusting elites
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/nov/29/why-we-stopped-trusting-elites-the-new-populism
The credibility of establishment figures has been demolished by technological change and political upheavals. But it’s too late to turn back the clock