America’s legacy media institutions again disgraced themselves when CBS 60 Minutes edited Vice President Kamala Harris‘s jumbled answer to a question about the turbulence in the Middle East to make her seem more articulate. Instances like this, which expose Harris’s struggle to engage in meaningful policy discussions, are a big part of why her staff has shielded her from media interviews.
But there is an even bigger issue here. Namely, the collapse of legacy media as an institution. It’s no wonder that trust in the media is at historic lows. In fact, according to Gallup polling, about 7 in 10 Americans do not trust the media to report on politics “fully, accurately and fairly. Any American who has paid attention to politics over the last decade can see why this number is as low as it is. Although an exhaustive accounting of media lies, deceptions, and hoaxes over the…
