Skepticism toward powerful institutions is supposed to be a journalistic virtue. It only becomes a problem, apparently, when citizens apply it to journalists themselves.
Readers do not need a press corps that pretends to have no worldview. They need newsrooms that disclose assumptions, cite documents, correct errors, and stop confusing disagreement with danger.
The path back to trust runs through humility, not scolding.
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