In an opinion piece on Monday, Amazon.com, Inc. founder and owner of The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, addressed the growing crisis of trust in news media and shared his strategy to tackle this issue. What Happened: In his post, Bezos acknowledged the results of a Gallup poll that ranked the media profession as the least trusted, even below Congress. He likened the media’s role to that of voting machines, where both accuracy and perceived trustworthiness are essential. However, the tech mogul said that the media has been perceived as biased and out of touch, which has hurt its credibility. “It …
