There exist several US federal bureaus, such as the census and labor statistics ones, that have built and maintained widespread trust in publishing accurate tabulations. It is not an impossible problem.

> such as census

Uh... There are plenty of people who seem to think census results are rigged in one way or another. E.g. I think I've seen that the infamous Heritage Foundation (I know, I know) has some beef with The Census bureau over some under-counting or something like that.

If anything, I'd love to see more zero-trust approaches to government, where possible (voting, statistics, etc). No idea if that's going to work, but probably worth a try.

These are not widely trusted by the American public, at least in my own anecdotal experience. I've been told numerous times that the Bureau of Justice Statistics lies because they're the government. Typically, in relation to modern politics. From what I've seen, distrust for the government is at an all-time high, but trust in randos with podcasts is also at an all-time high.