I attended — by digital means — Semafor's "Innovating to Restore Trust in News" event. Interviews with important people in the biz.
The best was CNN’s Mark Thompson. Here was his point: Deference can lead to trust. (So can cults.) Is that good? Maybe these nitpicks are trying to tell us something.
The best was CNN’s Mark Thompson. Here was his point: Deference can lead to trust. (So can cults.) Is that good? Maybe these nitpicks are trying to tell us something.
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Viewers want honest expertise and courage, and Thompsons response was to move Acosta on.
As for trust? Well maybe they should stop both-sidesing us into oblivion and start actually informing people again.
One could only be mislead by watching CNN.
MSNBC is their competition, which now is really no different from CNN. Interview after interview. Chat after chat.
Also the media: Why don't they trust us?
That’s the correct answer.
We must promote MASSIVE media coverage & steal 🍊💩’s thunder.
Reporting on the # of Americans joining town halls will send a HUGE message to other potential resistors.
SIGN! Start the momentum! LET’S GOOOO!
News organizations need to earn that trust from us again: Call Out Trump For Treason! 👊🇺🇸
But they control a lot of the jobs and resources. From that point of view, they are quite relevant.