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A trust deficit is affecting almost every mainstream news source. Low-quality, biased reporting means smaller audiences and a less informed populace. It’s a vicious circle.

Media owners are coming to recognize that their reporters have been writing with bias for years—and are taking action to correct their publications.

Media companies are reeling in the wake of plummeting public trust and vanishing profits, prompting what has been called a journalism bloodbath.