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TIMELINE

200 Years of Trust Claims

133 entries. 1827 to now. Six chapters, six anxieties, six versions of trust — laid out as a single chronological stream.

CHAPTER I · 1827–1945

THE GOLDEN AGE

TRUST WAS IMPLIED
  1. 1827 We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause FREEDOM'S JOURNAL · USA FIRST BLACK PRESS
  2. 1827
    Freedom's Journal founded - first Black American newspaper CONTEXT
  3. 1831 Harsh as Truth, Uncompromising as Justice THE LIBERATOR · USA ABOLITIONIST PRESS
  4. 1833 It Shines for All NEW YORK SUN PENNY PRESS
  5. 1833
    Penny press arrives - news as a one-cent commodity EVENT
  6. 1846 My Business Is to Communicate Facts THE ASSOCIATED PRESS · USA ENGINEERED OBJECTIVITY
  7. 1851 Speed, Accuracy, Simplicity REUTERS · UK INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST
  8. 1854 Fully, Freely, Fearlessly THE TIMES · UK FIRST WAR CORRESPONDENT
  9. 1857 Wired to the World THE CAPE ARGUS · SOUTH AFRICA COLONIAL PRESS
  10. 1869 Independence, Made Material LA PRENSA · ARGENTINA CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE
  11. 1872 A Public Forum for China SHEN BAO · CHINA MODERN CHINESE PRESS
  12. 1879 Morning Sun ASAHI SHIMBUN · JAPAN MEIJI PRESS
  13. 1883 Circulation as Proof THE NEW YORK WORLD · USA BRANDING-AS-CIRCULATION
  14. 1894 The Worker ROBOTNIK · POLAND UNDERGROUND BIBUŁA
  15. 1895 You Furnish the Pictures and I'll Furnish the War HEARST vs PULITZER · NEW YORK YELLOW JOURNALISM
  16. 1897 A Trusted Guide and a Member of the Family FORVERTS · USA YIDDISH DAILY
  17. 1897 All the News That's Fit to Print THE NEW YORK TIMES BENCHMARK · 130 YR
  18. 1897 NYT 'All the News That's Fit to Print' locks in CONTEXT
  19. 1898 J'Accuse...! L'AURORE · FRANCE DREYFUS AFFAIR
  20. 1900 The Spark ISKRA · RUSSIA COLLECTIVE ORGANIZER
  21. 1921 Comment Is Free, but Facts Are Sacred THE GUARDIAN · UK BENCHMARK · IN USE
  22. 1942 Double V PITTSBURGH COURIER · USA POLITICAL PRECISION
  23. 1944 Independent of Capital and the State LE MONDE · FRANCE POST-LIBERATION
CHAPTER II · 1935–1989

VOICE OF GOD

AUTHORITY WAS PERFORMED
  1. 1925 News, culture, connection - to a newly independent nation. POLSKIE RADIO · POLAND PROMISE INVERTED
  2. 1927
    BBC founded - 'Nation shall speak peace unto nation' INVENTION
  3. 1932 Australia's first national broadcaster. ABC · AUSTRALIA CONTINENT-SCALE
  4. 1932 Nation shall speak peace unto nation. BBC · UK FOUNDING MOTTO
  5. 1933
    Radio reaches 65% of US households INVENTION
  6. 1940 This… is London. CBS · USA ANCHOR-BRAND · INVENTED HERE
  7. 1949 The government in every Frenchman's dining-room. RTF · FRANCE STATE VOICE, OPENLY
  8. 1950 A federal broadcaster, deliberately decentralized. ARD · WEST GERMANY ANTI-NAZI ARCHITECTURE
  9. 1950 Impartiality, truth and autonomy. NHK · JAPAN POST-WAR REBUILD
  10. 1956 The Color Network NBC · USA TECHNOLOGY AS TRUST
  11. 1959 Mr. Tagesschau. ARD TAGESSCHAU · WEST GERMANY STABILITY SIGNAL
  12. 1962 And that's the way it is. CBS · USA ANCHOR-DEITY · 19 YR
  13. 1962
    Cronkite takes anchor desk: 'And that's the way it is' CONTEXT
  14. 1969 Boa noite. REDE GLOBO · BRAZIL NATIONAL RITUAL
  15. 1980 Until the end of the world. CNN · USA CABLE INCURSION
  16. 1980
    CNN launches - 24-hour news EVENT
  17. 1981 I Want My MTV MTV · USA CABLE PRESSURE
  18. 1986 Courage. Good night. CBS · USA SUCCESSION FAILURE
  19. 1986 Points of View THE GUARDIAN · UK BENCHMARK · 40 YR
  20. 1986 Come Home to NBC NBC · USA DEFENSIVE WARMTH
  21. 1986
    Guardian 'Points of View' - the skinhead ad CONTEXT
  22. 1988 I Never Read The Economist. — Management Trainee, 42. THE ECONOMIST · UK BENCHMARK · 30-YR RUN
  23. 1990 Good evening. ITN NEWS AT TEN · UK COMMERCIAL VS BBC
CHAPTER III · 1990–2009

OBJECTIVITY WARS

OBJECTIVITY WAS WEAPONIZED
  1. 1989 We're There When You Need Us SKY NEWS ATTACK ON THE DUOPOLY
  2. 1991 BREAKING NEWS CABLE NEWS (FORMAT) ARTIFACT · LOWER THIRD
  3. 1991 The Most Trusted Name in News CNN BASELINE OF CONSTANCY
  4. 1991 Gavel-to-Gavel COURT TV THE TRIAL AS BROADCAST
  5. 1993 A European Perspective EURONEWS AFTER THE CNN EFFECT
  6. 1994 The Bloomberg Terminal, On Television BLOOMBERG TELEVISION NUMBERS AS NEUTRALITY
  7. 1996 The Opinion and the Other Opinion AL JAZEERA · QATAR STRUCTURAL PARALLEL
  8. 1996 Fair and Balanced FOX NEWS FOX vs ESTABLISHMENT
  9. 1996 Nunca desliga GLOBONEWS CONSTANCY AS ANCHOR
  10. 1996 A Sophisticated Voice for the Chinese World PHOENIX TELEVISION COSMOPOLITAN VENEER
  11. 1996
    Al Jazeera launches - 'The Opinion and the Other Opinion' EVENT
  12. 1996
    Fox News launches - 'Fair and Balanced' EVENT
  13. 1997 News 24 BBC NEWS 24 THE BBC ENTERS THE FEED
  14. 1998 24-Hour Non-Commercial Channel NHK WORLD STATE 24-HOUR
  15. 2001 Cała prawda całą dobę TVN24 POST-COMMUNIST CONSTANCY
  16. 2003 Know More AL ARABIYA AGAINST AL JAZEERA
  17. 2003 News with a Difference NDTV BREAKING THE STATE MONOPOLY
  18. 2004 From the Left / From the Right CNN CROSSFIRE BALANCE AS COMBAT
  19. 2005 Question More RT SLOGAN AS INVERSION
  20. 2010 Lean Forward MSNBC POSTURE NOT CLAIM
  21. 2013 Liberté, Égalité, Actualité FRANCE 24 NATIONAL VALUES AS NEWS BRAND
CHAPTER IV · 2010–2022

THE MISSION YEARS

DEMOCRACY WAS DEFENDED
  1. 2008 Journalism in the Public Interest PROPUBLICA · USA METHODOLOGY · NONPROFIT
  2. 2008 Lead India THE TIMES OF INDIA · INDIA CANNES GRAND PRIX 2008
  3. 2008
    Financial crisis - journalism's advertising model begins collapsing CRISIS
  4. 2012 Three Little Pigs THE GUARDIAN · UK CANNES GRAND PRIX
  5. 2014 By and for citizen investigative journalists BELLINGCAT · UK / NETHERLANDS OSINT · MH17
  6. 2014 Where other headlines end, Meduza begins MEDUZA · RUSSIA / LATVIA PIRATE MEDIA SHIP
  7. 2015 Reality Check BBC · UK BREXIT · STATUTORY
  8. 2017 Facts First — This Is an Apple. CNN · USA VIRAL
  9. 2017 La Verdad Os Hará Libres EL PAÍS · SPAIN BIBLICAL FRAME
  10. 2017 CrossCheck FIRST DRAFT / GOOGLE NEWS LAB / 37 NEWSROOMS FRENCH ELECTION
  11. 2017 Conheça antes de opinar FOLHA DE S.PAULO · BRAZIL ANTI-WHATSAPP
  12. 2017 The Truth Is Hard THE NEW YORK TIMES · USA OSCARS · DROGA5
  13. 2017 Save us, so we can save your town. REPORT FOR AMERICA · USA LOCAL JOURNALISM · NONPROFIT
  14. 2017 Wir berichten. Sie entscheiden. SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG · GERMANY AGENCY RESTORED
  15. 2017 Trust Indicators THE TRUST PROJECT MACHINE-READABLE TRUST
  16. 2017
    Washington Post adopts first slogan in 140 years CONTEXT
  17. 2018 The Truth Is Worth It THE NEW YORK TIMES BENCHMARK · 6:1 ROI
  18. 2018 NYT 'The Truth Is Worth It' - 6:1 ROI CONTEXT
  19. 2019 Hope Is Power THE GUARDIAN · UK 2M SUPPORTERS
  20. 2019 Democracy Dies in Darkness WASHINGTON POST · USA $5M SUPER BOWL
  21. 2019 Read Yourself Better THE WALL STREET JOURNAL / USA ANTI-FEED
  22. 2019 Read Over Manipulation GAZETA WYBORCZA · POLAND SUBSCRIPTION AS RESISTANCE
  23. 2020 Advancing the Power of Facts ASSOCIATED PRESS / GLOBAL WIRE SERVICE / FACTUALITY
  24. 2020 Killing the journalist won't kill the story FORBIDDEN STORIES / GLOBAL COLLABORATIVE DETERRENCE
  25. 2020 The Uncensored Library REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS · FR D&AD BLACK PENCIL
  26. 2022 Keep Asking ABC NEWS · USA PROCESS
  27. 2022 Russian Asset Tracker OCCRP / GLOBAL WAR / OLIGARCH ASSETS
  28. 2023 The most important thing journalism can do in a dictatorship is to tell the truth EL FARO · EL SALVADOR PEGASUS · EXILE
  29. 2023 Counterstrike of the Free Press HELSINGIN SANOMAT · FINLAND INMA BEST IN SHOW 2024
CHAPTER V · 2015–2024

AGE OF PATRONAGE

INDEPENDENCE WAS FUNDED
  1. 2009 Nonprofit Newsroom THE TEXAS TRIBUNE · USA LOCAL NONPROFIT
  2. 2016 Panama Papers SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG · DE INVESTIGATIVE PROOF
  3. 2016 Make Time THE WALL STREET JOURNAL · USA AMBITION
  4. 2017 Aux faits, citoyens LE MONDE · FR PATRIOTIC DUTY
  5. 2017 Subscribe to the Writer SUBSTACK / NEWSLETTER ECONOMY · USA NAMED-WRITER TRUST
  6. 2018 Maverick Insider DAILY MAVERICK · ZA MEMBERSHIP MODEL
  7. 2018 Reader-Funded, State-Resistant OKO.PRESS · PL DEMOCRATIC DEFENCE
  8. 2019 Yours ABC AUSTRALIA PUBLIC MEDIA
  9. 2019 Ideas. Ideas. Ideas. THE ATLANTIC · USA INTELLECTUAL PRESTIGE
  10. 2019 Pay What You Can THE CORRESPONDENT · NL FAILED EXPERIMENT
  11. 2019 Not for Sale THE GUARDIAN · UK PATRONAGE
  12. 2019 Climate Crisis Font HELSINGIN SANOMAT · FI CANNES GOLD LION
  13. 2019 Unplastic India TIMES OF INDIA · INDIA CIVIC INFRA
  14. 2020 Pandemic Paywall EL PAÍS · ES COVID PROOF
  15. 2021 Question Your Answers THE ECONOMIST · UK CORRECTIVE
  16. 2022 Follow No One STUFF · NZ STAFF-OWNED
  17. 2024 Ben Roberts-Smith Verdict NINE / SMH / THE AGE · AU COURTROOM AS AD
  18. 2024 Unsubscribe From "No One Likes Us." PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER · USA INMA GOLD 2024
  19. 2026 The Social Media Since 1884 POLITIKEN · DK HERITAGE PIVOT
  20. 2026 Heads Held High PROTHOM ALO · BD INMA 2026
  21. 2026 Quite a Lot of Readers for a Bunch of Populists DE TELEGRAAF · NL OWNING THE INSULT
CHAPTER VI · 2022–NOW

VERIFICATION ECONOMY

PROCESS MADE VISIBLE
  1. 2023 Context Changes Everything BLOOMBERG · USA INMA FIRST PLACE
  2. 2023 Content Credentials C2PA · GLOBAL CONSORTIUM CRYPTOGRAPHIC INFRASTRUCTURE
  3. 2023 Written With the Help of AI CNET · USA HALLUCINATION
  4. 2023 Drew Ortiz Does Not Exist SPORTS ILLUSTRATED · USA TRUST COLLAPSE
  5. 2023
    ChatGPT changes the question: what is journalism for? CRISIS
  6. 2024 100% Human Made HUMAN MADE · GLOBAL CONVENTION ORGANIC LITERATURE
  7. 2024 Así nos habló Milei LA NACIÓN · ARGENTINA WAN-IFRA · BEST USE OF AI
  8. 2024 Pure News, Straight From the Source REUTERS · UK PURITY CLAIM
  9. 2024 Trust Doesn't Sustain Itself SCHIBSTED · NORDIC NORDIC AI POLICY
  10. 2024 Climate Answers THE WASHINGTON POST · USA CONSTRAINED MODEL
  11. 2025 For The Why FINANCIAL TIMES · GLOBAL ANALYTICAL DEPTH
  12. 2025 Democracy.AI STUFF · NEW ZEALAND INMA · LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY
  13. 2026 Behind the Bylines IOL · SOUTH AFRICA DEEPFAKE RESPONSE
  14. 2026 Real People, Real Voices, Real Journalism MEDIAHUIS · BELGIUM AUDIO · HUMAN VOICE
  15. 2026 Here's To Reason NINE ENTERTAINMENT · AUSTRALIA REASONABLE MAJORITY
  16. 2026
    YOU ARE HERE EVENT