> It used to be that you could trust the nightly news. Your parents vouched for the anchor. They were right 99% of the time, and if they were wrong, they publis

> It used to be that you could trust the nightly news. Your parents vouched for the anchor. They were right 99% of the time, and if they were wrong, they published a correction, so they also independently earned your trust over time. These days, though, anyone can tweet. Anyone can get a blue check. Anyone can have a news blog. Anyone can appear on your screen. It doesn't mean anything without a strong track record. You can't trust a Twitch star like you can trust Walter Cronkite. Cronkite earned our trust over years, if not decades. Walter Cronkite lived in an era when there was little way to know any better if Walter Cronkite was lying to you.