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David Dimbleby: Are journalistic values under threat?

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Is Elon Musk the World's Most Powerful Social Media Passion?

The world's richest man is just bought arguably the world's most powerful social media passion. What's he going to do with it? Well I just quote you a couple of things he said which are very germane to our discussion. He has stated his ambition to become he says by far the most accurate source of information about the world that is the mission. Survey after survey suggests public trust in journalism and journalists is in decline. If you think things are getting worse I imagine you feel they're about to get a whole lot worse. There's nothing nobody trusts anything anymore do they? Not in the sense they did when we were in a more hierarchical word 50 years ago.

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