Stop and really think about this for a moment.
imagine a government whose instincts when faced with serious questions about its own process, credibility, veracity, and sagacity reaches as its first instinct not for “transparency, communication, and dialogue” but for “censorship, propaganda, and the literal use of weapons grade media and data manipulation upon its own people.”
can you seriously think of ANY characteristic more disqualifying for trust?
“if you question elections, you’re a domestic terror threat” is the line of despotism, not democracy.
A Bad Cat, on point. Mainstream media and government are on their last legs as far as trust goes.