Truckers Convoy vs The Media

Is the media lying about the truckers?

There’s one thing that takes a long time to build but only moments to lose—trust.

Unfortunately though, trust in journalism has been eroding for some time now and coverage of the Canada’s Freedom Truckers Convoy is the most recent example.

Whether you support the convoy or not, doesn’t matter. But what does matter is whether what’s being shared with you is an accurate depiction of what’s happening.

I love journalism—what it can be, and has been, when done well. But something is broken.  When the stories we are told are inaccurate, we make decisions based on false premises and it undermines our trust in important institutions that are meant to serve us, not influence us.

Journalism should reflect the world back to us—not as we want to see it—but as it is. Activism journalism, which is increasingly taking over, does the opposite: A few people get to decide what version of the world we see, and what we do not.

Their intentions of these message crafters aren’t necessarily malicious. They might…