
A Matter of Facts: How mainstream media lost public trust
From Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald
Published 4/6/2026

From Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald
Published 4/6/2026
In our previous Matter of Facts mini-series episodes, we covered why our brains are vulnerable to misinformation, and how disinformation is affecting democracies. Today, we examine the public's trust (or lack thereof) in mainstream media.For decades, news outlets functioned to bridge the gap…