Trust in news keeps sliding in global surveys — what would it take to reverse a twenty-year trend?

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AI-generated news anchors are already reading bulletins — should viewers be told? Local papers consistently outrank national outlets on trust — what do they know that networks forgot? Perceived bias floats far above the real content balance Do you trust a news podcast more than a radio bulletin? From three-martini lunches to Substack: how the columnist's job changed Why do newspapers still pay columnists in the age of hot takes? AI already drafts routine summaries: does the byline economy survive automation? Can nonprofit newsrooms save community reporting in news deserts? The shrinking staff cartoonist job: newspapers cut the funniest desk first Walter Cronkite was called the most trusted man in America — can any anchor earn that title today?