Nearly two-thirds of Americans find President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter is reckless and distracting, according to a new nationwide McClatchy-Marist poll. The poll found 65 percent of registered voters nationwide disapproved of Trump’s tweeting, while 25 percent found it effective and informative. And despite Trump’s frequent blasts at the […] Read more »
Confidence in military remains high, in media low
More voters have faith in the U.S. military than in other national institutions, according to the latest Fox News Poll released Monday. The news media rank at the bottom of the list asked about in the poll. Virtually all voters believe in the military: 96 percent have either a great […] Read more »
Why You Shouldn’t Always Trust The Inside Scoop
So … this is a little awkward. Here we are, in the midst of a series of articles about the media’s shortcomings in covering the 2016 general election. And President Trump, the winner of that election, has to go out and call the media the “enemy of the American people.” […] Read more »
Choose Your News: How Viewers of Different News Outlets See Trump
The proliferation of media outlets has long meant that, with the click of a remote control or a mouse, Americans can choose their news. In the Trump era, that means that different media consumers are experiencing different realities when it comes to the presidency and the state of the country. […] Read more »
Trump’s Undermining the Media May Haunt Republicans
… Mr. Trump’s argument that the national press corps is illegitimate and dishonest has emerged as one of the most consistent themes of his presidency, alongside — and seemingly as important to him — his calls for a major tax code overhaul, an end to Obamacare, a border wall and […] Read more »
How YouTube Serves As The Content Engine Of The Internet’s Dark Side
… In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, the major social platforms, most notably Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, have been forced to undergo painful, often public reckonings with the role they play in spreading bad information. … And yet there is a mammoth social platform, a cornerstone of the […] Read more »