# We Get It. You Don’t Trust Us.

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/we-get-it-you-dont-trust-us/
- Published: 2026-11-14T08:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T08:18:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/american-news-media-trust-journalism-bias-scene-on-radio-update-2026/
- Topics: Politics, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Local news has largely disappeared in many North Carolina counties.
- Residents say the shortage leaves them less able to make informed choices.
- The episode explores how journalism might rebuild public trust.

## Summary

A weekly gathering at the Corner Cafe in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, gives local men a place to discuss their community, but residents say the disappearance of local news leaves them without the information they need to make informed decisions. The story links this shortage to a wider crisis of trust in American journalism and asks how the news media can rebuild confidence.

Roughly two-thirds of North Carolina’s counties are considered news deserts, and one resident says they will not vote without access to information. The episode, an update of a programme first broadcast in June 2026, examines how American journalism reached this point and what might repair the “cracked foundation” of the Fourth Estate.

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