mainstream media
give someone a dressing-down
seethe with anger
jeremiad against
iniquities
strident voices
helping them distinguish fact from fiction
The business models of newspapers depend on the idea that they offer something trustworthy.
Healthy distrust can be a good thing but hardened cynicism is paralyzing.
tabloid
hostility
elision ( pronunciation)
synecdoche ( pronunciation )
We have seen trust in media ebb and flow over many years
public revulsion
discontent with media
coalesce
vitriolic
adversarial relationship
aftermath
corrosive effect
straw poll – Economic and political truth is not discovered by a straw poll
national media outlets
foreseeable future
tenacious
ramifications
family wherewithal
a vested interest
stringent
conform to
agitate against
vociferous
lurid
flimsy evidence
a paragon
apparatchik
a plethora of
bete noire – betes noires
innuendo
gave the story credence
a provocative story
evasion
callousness
denunciation
inconceivable
debunked
amiable
impetus
unsubstantiated rumours
cacophony
complacent
deferential
obeisant
deplore