Since the earthquake of Brexit in June last year, and Trump’s victory four months later, the news has been dominated by stories about populism, including whether European elections suggest that populist support is either rising or stalled. The media has also been fascinated simultaneously by problems of electoral integrity. This […] Read more »
60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll: The news media
Welcome to the 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll for May 2017. There will always be muckrakers, they’ve been around since Adams vs. Jefferson in 1796 and there are plenty at play today. In simpler times, reporters turned a blind eye to things like FDR’s polio and JFK’s dalliances but that ship […] Read more »
Americans’ Attitudes About the News Media Deeply Divided Along Partisan Lines
Democrats and Republicans, who already tend to place their trust in different news sources and rely on different outlets for political news, now disagree more than ever on a fundamental issue of the news media’s role in society: whether news organizations’ criticism of political leaders primarily keeps them from doing […] Read more »
Public Trust in Government Remains Near Historic Lows as Partisan Attitudes Shift
The 2016 election ushered in a new era in Washington defined by unified Republican control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. The changes in the dynamics of power in Washington have registered with members of both political parties. Somewhat more Republicans express trust in government today than […] Read more »
Who’s Fueling Conspiracy Whisperers’ Falsehoods?
At least half of Americans think Trump and the media are ‘regularly’ wrong
The media says President Trump makes claims that aren’t true. Trump says the media produces fake news. And in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, at least half of Americans say both Trump and the media “regularly” disseminate false information. Nobody looks good in this survey. CONT. Callum Borchers, Washington […] Read more »