Last Thursday, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle met up with actor Rainn Wilson of The Office fame on his Soul Bloom podcast to discuss, among other things, the lack of trust in the news media. According to Ruhle, history began when Donald Trump decided to enter politics because she argued that he and his allies have spent their time trying to discredit the media in their attempt to remove people who challenge them.
Wilson simply asked, “40 percent of Americans don’t trust mainstream media. Why is that? How did we get here?”
Instead of looking inward, Ruhle saw a conspiracy at work, “Listen, we are seeing a huge loss in trust of all of our institutions. It’s the media, it’s medicine, it’s banking. It’s a huge problem. Because when you think about democracy and all of these pillars, they need to stand tall. They need to stand strong. And sort of losing that…
