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As FCC Chair Brendan Carr pointed out in a recent letter to Iger, public trust in national news media is at a historic low, with only 31% of Americans expressing a fair amount of confidence in the coverage provided by outlets like ABC. This figure marks a drastic drop from trust levels above 70% seen in the past. Various factors contribute to this erosion of trust, not least of which is the perception that media companies, including ABC, have acted in ways that do not align with journalistic integrity.