The following is an edited transcript of an interview between Morning Wire host Georgia Howe and Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham on a New Year’s Day edition of Morning Wire.
2024 saw Americans’ trust in the legacy media sink to all-time lows, contributing to massive layoffs and loss of audience among some of the biggest news outlets. These were the media’s failures over the last year that likely played a role in this lack of trust.
GEORGIA: Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham joins us now to look back at the year’s biggest media fails that are contributing to the public’s record-low trust. But Megan, before we get to that, can you give us a quick overview of where the industry stands now? Along with a lot of controversies and corrections, there was also a lot of contraction for an election year when you typically see news departments expanding.
MEGAN: Yeah, the…
