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OPINION: The internet isn’t forever. And that’s bad.
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OPINION: The internet isn’t forever. And that’s bad.

The internet is actually much more fleeting and precarious than you might think. That's a problem for our politics and our societies.

Your own little Davos: Why trust is failing and what to do about it
Analysis

Your own little Davos: Why trust is failing and what to do about it

A ski mountain is a good place to observe trust in action – a microcosm of the thousand little leaps of faith in people and things that get us through our days.

When did people stop trusting the media?
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When did people stop trusting the media?

There was a time, not so long ago, when people trusted the media. Walter Cronkite. Edward R. Murrow. Dan Rather. These were people all Americans relied on to understand the world. Today, we live in a different reality. But according to media historian Nicole Hemmer, the war on trust began decades ago.

Ian Explains: The media's trust problem
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Ian Explains: The media's trust problem

It’s getting harder and harder to tell fact from fiction. Trust in media is at an all-time low. At the same time, partisanship is skyrocketing, and generative AI is challenging the very idea of truth. This week on Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer breaks down how the media landscape has changed since the early days of live TV and why the 2024 US presidential election will be a major test of our ability to detect and prevent misinformation from spreading online.