Opinion

The most obvious explanation for why trust in media is at its lowest point in five decades is that much of what passes for news reporting these days is unreliable — sometimes intentionally so. But there’s an equally credible, though less-discussed, theory for the trust gap: The news industry is rife with unlikeable creeps. Take, for example,

On July 4, amid fanfare and flyovers, President Trump signed his “one big beautiful bill.” The legislation reduces taxes, increases appropriations for the military, border security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — while cutting spending on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, better known as food stamps. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office,