“We’re in a crisis of trust” brought on by “newspapers and … social media companies and the government,” according to investigative journalist Lee Fang.

Fang appeared last week with Stanford epidemiologist Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., on Bhattacharya’s “Illusion of Consensus” podcast. The two discussed the latest revelations of collusion and deception involving the healthcare industry, the technology sector and government agencies.

The hour-long discussion centered on documented cases of censorship campaigns targeting academics and journalists for speaking scientifically validated truths that threaten powerful special interests.