The first wave of data is in, and it delivers a clear verdict: Joe Biden won Tuesday’s presidential debate. That’s unambiguously good news for Biden — but it’s not the whole story. A presidential “debate” is really a multi-part news cycle, one in which the clash between the candidates is […] Read more »
Americans Remain Distrustful of Mass Media
At a time when Americans are relying heavily on the media for information about the coronavirus pandemic, the presidential election and other momentous events, the public remains largely distrustful of the mass media. Four in 10 U.S. adults say they have “a great deal” (9%) or “a fair amount” (31%) […] Read more »
The Supreme Court, the election and coronavirus are on Americans’ minds heading into Tuesday’s debate
Two developments in the presidential race in the past week have grabbed Americans’ attention: the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to sit on the Supreme Court and President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power. Alongside these two stories, coronavirus remained a frequently-mentioned topic for both […] Read more »
Trust in Federal Government’s Competence Remains Low
At the same time Americans want the government to take a more active role in solving the country’s problems, Americans’ levels of trust in the federal government to handle the two broad types of challenges the country faces remain near their all-time lows. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
Trump Wants to Discredit the Election. This Nerd Could Stop Him.
The Fox Corporation these days reminds me a bit of America: The elites have lost control, and partisan noise drowns out almost everything. But there are pockets where traditionalists cling to fading norms. One of those pockets is a new office on the third floor of Fox’s headquarters on the […] Read more »
The part of Fox News that Trump likes least is the part that’s most obviously objective
The first of President Trump’s 46 tweets Friday (as of writing) was one of the few that wasn’t a retweet of some figure from the extended conservative media universe making exaggerated claims about him or his perceived opponents. It was, instead, Trump making false claims about a stanchion of that […] Read more »