As the impeachment process is speeding forward in a highly polarized Washington D.C., the assumption is that the mass media will exert tremendous political and societal influence on the proceedings. The full impact of the media, however, remains an open question given longstanding political science research as well as the emergence of new communication mechanisms. Both factors suggest that information on impeachment may take a different route to the American public than directly through the mass media. CONT.
V. Lance Tarrance, Gallup