9/11 transformed our relationship with news – and laid the groundwork for today’s crisis of trust

By Jared Ahmad, Lecturer in Journalism, Politics and Communication , University of Sheffield

Twenty-five years on, the legacy of the September 11 attacks continues beyond the initial physical and economic effects. The events of 9/11 and the subsequent “war on terror” severely undermined trust in mainstream news media in the US and around the world, laying the groundwork for today’s fractured, hyperpartisan information environment.

In the days and weeks after the attacks, American journalists…

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