Col­umn: The Pub­lic Does­n’t Trust the ‘Democ­ra­cy-Sav­ing’ Media

The nation­al media con­sid­er them­selves essen­tial in edu­cat­ing the elec­torate, so what hap­pens when the elec­torate does not con­sid­er them a trust­wor­thy guardian of democ­ra­cy?
The Asso­ci­at­ed Press and the Amer­i­can Press Insti­tute just released a poll on the 2024 elec­tion and found only 14 per­cent of their sam­ple expressed a great deal of con­fi­dence in elec­tion-relat­ed infor­ma­tion they receive from nation­al sources. By con­trast, 52 per­cent have lit­tle or no con­fi­dence at all in the infor­ma­tio …