The sharp decline in trust in the news media reflects a wider collapse of confidence in American institutions, in that journalists can be only as reliable as the sources they are given, Chuck Todd, the former “Meet the Press” moderator and host of “The Chuck ToddCast,” told Newsmax on Saturday.
“One of the reasons I think trust in media has fallen to so, so low is remember what the media is,” Todd said on Newsmax’s “America Right Now.” “It’s a reflection of ‘I always say I’m as good as the sources I have, not necessarily the sources I want at times.'”
When officials and institutions supply information that the public later doubts, the fallout lands on the press as well, Todd said.
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