The number of people expressing trust actually ticked up to 45% in 2018 before sinking back down to 34% in 2022. Among Democrats, that held steady around 70%. Clearly, we know that more conservative leading voters had a lot of problems with how the media handled COVID. So you look at something like Russian collusion and Democrats thought there was a lot of great reporting and damning evidence against Trump. Republicans thought it was a hoax.