The Last Trusted News Is Being Weakened

Archer's Line Podcast · Mar 22, 2026 · 6m

In a meeting with some radio and TV colleagues yesterday, something came up that stuck with me.

People don’t trust the media like they used to.

That’s not new. We all know that. The numbers have been heading in that direction for years. Confidence in television news is down. I see it as a result of a decades-long political assault by people who worked the ref, but then went into overdrive in the Trump era.

Insults. Encouraging physical assaults. And now, the federal government is using its power to threaten licenses unless the outlets toe the party line. And sadly, some media institutions are…