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Jun 5, 2026
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It’s time for the media to stop rejecting objectivity
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Article Excerpt
It’s time for the media to stop rejecting objectivity
COMMENTARY
5 JUNE 2026
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Is it any wonder that trust in the press is spiralling?
TARA HENLEY
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In Canada, as in other Western democracies, trust in the media is low. According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 39 percent of Canadians trust the media overall—down almost 20 percentage points from 2018. Not surprisingly, there’s been a public conversation about this crisis in confidence, with national press leadership attributing it to everything from attention fragmentation and news avoida…
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