Politico and Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei encouraged reporters to admit mistakes and get off social media to combat record levels of distrust in journalism.
Journalists need to show humility and get off X to restore public trust, a media veteran advised. Politico and Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei appeared on 'CNN This Morning' to promote his book 'Just the Good Stuff' on Thursday. During his segment, host Kasie Hunt brought up an Associated Press poll that found 53% of Americans were 'extremely' or 'very' concerned about media outlets spreading 'inaccurate information' or 'disinformation.
If we suddenly have a country that trusts nothing, and there‘s no sources of common truth, it‘s going to be really hard to govern. It‘s gonna be really hard to avoid protests and know what‘s really happening on these campuses,' he said. 'And if you look back at the history of the country, a free press is such an awesome, distinctive, needed, necessary, vital piece of this awesome country. And that‘s how we know so much of what‘s happening. It’s how we expose so much malfeasance.
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