From Cronkite to clickbait: The bias of news has eroded trust

From Cronkite to clickbait: The bias of news has eroded trust

57:00 Feb 16, 2026
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Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – When incentives lose citizenship, accountability vanishes. None of this means Walter Cronkite was uniquely virtuous. He was the product of a system that rewarded seriousness. Today’s system does not reward the most trusted voice. It rewards the most engaging one. That is not because audiences suddenly demanded manipulation. It is because the...
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