Media Distrust in the Era of Trump

Editor’s Note: With school online due to COVID-19 and social distancing measures being implemented across the country, things will sound a bit different here at the Emerald Podcast Network as we navigate recording from separate physical spaces. We’ve got limited recording technology, so join us as we figure this out. Sophia Prince went to a Trump rally back in January 2021. Her interviews revealed a deep mistrust in our mainstream media. In a conversation with her podcast editor Meaghan FitzPatrick, they discuss this mistrust, ways to fix it and the Emerald Trust Project. Sophia Prince went to a Trump rally back in January 2021. Her interviews revealed a deep mistrust in our mainstream media. In a conversation with her podcast editor Meaghan FitzPatrick, they discuss this mistrust, ways to fix it and the Emerald Trust Project. Articles discussed in podcast: Information about Newsmax found here: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/30/939030504/newsmax-rises-on-wave-of-resentment-toward-media-especially-fox-news Evidence that COVID-19 was not started in a lab here, here and here https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-05-09/was-the-coronavirus-made-in-a-wuhan-lab-heres-what-the-genetic-evidence-shows https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52318539 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext The human cost of misinformation here https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-52731624 QAnon information here https://www.bbc.com/news/53498434 Gallup poll about mistrust in media here https://news.gallup.com/poll/321116/americans-remain-distrustful-mass-media.aspx Study that found people who watch conservative news are more likely to get COVID here https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-00977-7%2520-&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1613499492379000&usg=AOvVaw0XgR0sRrE6ONehTjQGsWGL Intro music is “About the Bass” by Crowander (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/crowander), modified under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Multimedia Desk Co-editor Sophia Prince edited this podcast.