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Trump on why he’s so critical of the press
Posted by: Chump trump. ()
Date: October 20, 2020 05:22PM

In an interview with the press before he was elected, 'You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you.' Trump in 2016

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Re: Trump on why he’s so critical of the press
Posted by: Trump Wins Again ()
Date: October 20, 2020 06:01PM

Looks like it worked...


(CN) — A survey released Tuesday shows Americans’ trust of the news media is declining even though they still see the institution as invaluable to democracy, indicating growing skepticism toward what many see as journalists straying from objectivity in the internet age.

The report assembled by Gallup and the Knight Foundation surveyed 20,000 Americans as part of the firms’ Trust, Media and Democracy series, and it found that Americans are more pessimistic than ever about a perceived lack of objectivity in news coverage from a media apparatus driven by barely concealed agendas.

“With each passing benchmark study,” the report said, “the American people render deeper and increasingly polarized judgments about the news media and how well it is fulfilling its role in our democracy.”

Even though the Knight/Gallup poll found 84% of Americans say the news media is either critical or very important for a functioning democracy, 49% of those surveyed think the media is very biased and roughly three-quarters believe the owners of media companies are influencing coverage. The latter statistic is up 5 percentage points since 2017.

Fifty-four percent of people believe that reporters intentionally misrepresent facts, and 28% believe reporters make the facts up entirely, the survey found.

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Re: Trump on why he’s so critical of the press
Posted by: Fhsbsn ()
Date: October 20, 2020 06:39PM

Trump Wins Again Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Looks like it worked...
>
>
> (CN) — A survey released Tuesday shows
> Americans’ trust of the news media is declining
> even though they still see the institution as
> invaluable to democracy, indicating growing
> skepticism toward what many see as journalists
> straying from objectivity in the internet age.
>
> The report assembled by Gallup and the Knight
> Foundation surveyed 20,000 Americans as part of
> the firms’ Trust, Media and Democracy series,
> and it found that Americans are more pessimistic
> than ever about a perceived lack of objectivity in
> news coverage from a media apparatus driven by
> barely concealed agendas.
>
> “With each passing benchmark study,” the
> report said, “the American people render deeper
> and increasingly polarized judgments about the
> news media and how well it is fulfilling its role
> in our democracy.”
>
> Even though the Knight/Gallup poll found 84% of
> Americans say the news media is either critical or
> very important for a functioning democracy, 49% of
> those surveyed think the media is very biased and
> roughly three-quarters believe the owners of media
> companies are influencing coverage. The latter
> statistic is up 5 percentage points since 2017.
>
> Fifty-four percent of people believe that
> reporters intentionally misrepresent facts, and
> 28% believe reporters make the facts up entirely,
> the survey found.

Yeah it worked but is it a good thing? He’s polarized the press to the extent that no one trusts anything; the government, media or neighbor. It’s had a terrible effect on this nation and is the reason we’re killing each other over through arguments about masks, race and climate change. Trump’s America sucks.

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Re: Trump on why he’s so critical of the press
Posted by: Djsnskz ()
Date: October 20, 2020 06:40PM

Fhsbsn Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Trump Wins Again Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Looks like it worked...
> >
> >
> > (CN) — A survey released Tuesday shows
> > Americans’ trust of the news media is
> declining
> > even though they still see the institution as
> > invaluable to democracy, indicating growing
> > skepticism toward what many see as journalists
> > straying from objectivity in the internet age.
>
> >
> > The report assembled by Gallup and the Knight
> > Foundation surveyed 20,000 Americans as part of
> > the firms’ Trust, Media and Democracy series,
> > and it found that Americans are more
> pessimistic
> > than ever about a perceived lack of objectivity
> in
> > news coverage from a media apparatus driven by
> > barely concealed agendas.
> >
> > “With each passing benchmark study,” the
> > report said, “the American people render
> deeper
> > and increasingly polarized judgments about the
> > news media and how well it is fulfilling its
> role
> > in our democracy.”
> >
> > Even though the Knight/Gallup poll found 84% of
> > Americans say the news media is either critical
> or
> > very important for a functioning democracy, 49%
> of
> > those surveyed think the media is very biased
> and
> > roughly three-quarters believe the owners of
> media
> > companies are influencing coverage. The latter
> > statistic is up 5 percentage points since 2017.
> >
> > Fifty-four percent of people believe that
> > reporters intentionally misrepresent facts, and
> > 28% believe reporters make the facts up
> entirely,
> > the survey found.
>
> Yeah it worked but is it a good thing? He’s
> polarized the press to the extent that no one
> trusts anything; the government, media or
> neighbor. It’s had a terrible effect on this
> nation and is the reason we’re killing each
> other over through arguments about masks, race and
> climate change. Trump’s America sucks.

So yeah, Trump wins at the expense of everyone else losing. Shame on you for being proud of that character trait.

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Re: Trump on why he’s so critical of the press
Posted by: hmxyw ()
Date: October 20, 2020 06:56PM

Fhsbsn Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Trump Wins Again Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Looks like it worked...
> >
> >
> > (CN) — A survey released Tuesday shows
> > Americans’ trust of the news media is
> declining
> > even though they still see the institution as
> > invaluable to democracy, indicating growing
> > skepticism toward what many see as journalists
> > straying from objectivity in the internet age.
>
> >
> > The report assembled by Gallup and the Knight
> > Foundation surveyed 20,000 Americans as part of
> > the firms’ Trust, Media and Democracy series,
> > and it found that Americans are more
> pessimistic
> > than ever about a perceived lack of objectivity
> in
> > news coverage from a media apparatus driven by
> > barely concealed agendas.
> >
> > “With each passing benchmark study,” the
> > report said, “the American people render
> deeper
> > and increasingly polarized judgments about the
> > news media and how well it is fulfilling its
> role
> > in our democracy.”
> >
> > Even though the Knight/Gallup poll found 84% of
> > Americans say the news media is either critical
> or
> > very important for a functioning democracy, 49%
> of
> > those surveyed think the media is very biased
> and
> > roughly three-quarters believe the owners of
> media
> > companies are influencing coverage. The latter
> > statistic is up 5 percentage points since 2017.
> >
> > Fifty-four percent of people believe that
> > reporters intentionally misrepresent facts, and
> > 28% believe reporters make the facts up
> entirely,
> > the survey found.
>
> Yeah it worked but is it a good thing? He’s
> polarized the press to the extent that no one
> trusts anything; the government, media or
> neighbor. It’s had a terrible effect on this
> nation and is the reason we’re killing each
> other over through arguments about masks, race and
> climate change. Trump’s America sucks.


The media fucked itself. Trump's main contribution was to serve as a target to just make the bias blatantly obvious. They no longer even pretend to be objective.

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Re: Trump on why he’s so critical of the press
Posted by: D dnskka ()
Date: October 20, 2020 08:42PM

hmxyw Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Fhsbsn Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Trump Wins Again Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Looks like it worked...
> > >
> > >
> > > (CN) — A survey released Tuesday shows
> > > Americans’ trust of the news media is
> > declining
> > > even though they still see the institution as
> > > invaluable to democracy, indicating growing
> > > skepticism toward what many see as
> journalists
> > > straying from objectivity in the internet age.
>
> >
> > >
> > > The report assembled by Gallup and the Knight
> > > Foundation surveyed 20,000 Americans as part
> of
> > > the firms’ Trust, Media and Democracy
> series,
> > > and it found that Americans are more
> > pessimistic
> > > than ever about a perceived lack of
> objectivity
> > in
> > > news coverage from a media apparatus driven
> by
> > > barely concealed agendas.
> > >
> > > “With each passing benchmark study,” the
> > > report said, “the American people render
> > deeper
> > > and increasingly polarized judgments about
> the
> > > news media and how well it is fulfilling its
> > role
> > > in our democracy.”
> > >
> > > Even though the Knight/Gallup poll found 84%
> of
> > > Americans say the news media is either
> critical
> > or
> > > very important for a functioning democracy,
> 49%
> > of
> > > those surveyed think the media is very biased
> > and
> > > roughly three-quarters believe the owners of
> > media
> > > companies are influencing coverage. The
> latter
> > > statistic is up 5 percentage points since
> 2017.
> > >
> > > Fifty-four percent of people believe that
> > > reporters intentionally misrepresent facts,
> and
> > > 28% believe reporters make the facts up
> > entirely,
> > > the survey found.
> >
> > Yeah it worked but is it a good thing? He’s
> > polarized the press to the extent that no one
> > trusts anything; the government, media or
> > neighbor. It’s had a terrible effect on this
> > nation and is the reason we’re killing each
> > other over through arguments about masks, race
> and
> > climate change. Trump’s America sucks.
>
>
> The media fucked itself. Trump's main
> contribution was to serve as a target to just make
> the bias blatantly obvious. They no longer even
> pretend to be objective.

Thanks for explaining! I thought his main contribution was to work for the American people but you’ve summarized it very nicely!

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