On this World News Day, for too many people, the future is getting too dark to see. This moment is best described as living in a state of perpetual flux, of global uncertainty and deep, unsettling insecurity.Â
Our world is increasingly built on information, sometimes almost exclusively, and the news media is its basic infrastructure. Â
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