Last week was a particularly rough one for journalists and truth-seeking citizens. President Trump declared the news media the nation’s worst enemy. And time after shocking time, his acolytes demeaned or threatened reporters for doing one of their most basic jobs: asking questions of those in power. … It was […] Read more »
Trump has turned words into weapons and he’s winning the linguistic war
Donald Trump has been a salesman for nearly half a century. He is now selling himself, his worldview and his self-serving views of the law and the truth. … Language can shape the way we think. Trump knows this. Here are some of his favorite manipulation techniques. First, he weaponizes […] Read more »
Nine takeaways from Knight-supported research on restoring trust in news
As part of its effort to explore the root causes of the current crisis in trust in the media, the Knight Foundation is commissioning a continuing series of white papers from academics and experts. Here’s what we’ve learned so far. CONT. Nancy Watzman, Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy Read more »
All Politics Is National Because All Media Is National
State and local governments have a huge influence on citizens’ daily lives. They spend people’s tax dollars. They decide how schools operate and what constitutes a crime. And yet, few people seem to care these days. State and local elections aren’t drawing the interest from voters or the media that […] Read more »
Poll Hub: Erasing the Racial Divide?
Roseanne Barr’s racially charged tweet this week brought race relations back into the headlines. In this week’s episode of Poll Hub, the team takes a look at how attitudes about race differ from generation to generation and how those views have evolved over time. Then, the Associated Press revised the […] Read more »
‘That is what power looks like’: Why Democrats are losing the only fight that matters
… On Earth 2, where Hillary Clinton won, we might just be watching the NBA Playoffs or The Americans while browsing recipes on our second screen. But we live on a planet where Trump comes at us from every angle. In Trump’s world, you see something about Trump on television, […] Read more »