Most of the distrust in the media is the result of deliberate attempts to sow that distrust in a largely successful effort to obliterate the very concept of truth. It's the most fundamental problem of our times because it undermines efforts to tackle the biggest problems we face, such as climate change, disease, migration and the preservation of democracy, but that's not really what you started out discussing here. I don't know why you have to be so aggressively dismissive toward FD. His remarks on this subject are every bit as valid as yours.