Restoring trust in truth-seekers: Effects of op/eds defending journalism and justice.

A healthy democracy requires trust that people can be impartial in important truth-seeking institutions including journalism, justice, and science. Recently some U.S. elites have adopted alarmingly extreme rhetoric against truth-seekers, denouncing mainstream journalism as fake news, criminal invest...

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Main Authors: Raymond J Pingree, Martina Santia, Kirill Bryanov, Brian K Watson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251284