{"id":35105,"date":"2017-07-05T16:13:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T23:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35105"},"modified":"2017-07-05T16:14:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T23:14:47","slug":"suck-it-trump-new-poll-shows-americans-trust-cnnny-times-more-than-lyin-donald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35105","title":{"rendered":"Suck It Trump: New Poll Shows Americans Trust CNN\/NY Times More Than Lyin’ Donald"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week Donald Trump tweeted a hostile and childish video showing him body-slamming a CNN character. It was universally condemned<\/a><\/strong> as an incitement to violence against journalists. That is, of course, consistent with Trump’s well known animosity for the free press which he demeans at every opportunity.<\/p>\n

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However, Trump’s relentless campaign to slander the press does not seem to be persuading anyone but his glassy-eyed disciples. Despite his attempts to brand the New York Times as “failing,”<\/em> or CNN as “fake news,”<\/em> the American people are still more inclined to trust the media than the President. This is borne out in a new poll by Survey Monkey<\/a><\/strong>. As reported by Axios:<\/p>\n

“Among all adults, trust for CNN is 7 points ahead of Trump. Among independents, CNN wins by 15 points. […] Asked whether they trust Trump or the WashPost\/NYT more, the newspapers won by 9 points among all adults. Asked about Trump vs. ABC\/CBS\/NBC, the networks were judged more trustworthy by an 11-point margin.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Trump loses to every media entity he was paired against. Whether it is his mortal enemy CNN, the nationally circulated newspapers, or all of the TV broadcast news networks. His furious efforts to vilify the great American institution of journalism has proved totally futile. The only thing he has achieved is making ill-informed wingnuts even more unhinged and unbearable. They’re the only ones who bought into his malicious rhetoric, but they never trusted the media to begin with.<\/p>\n

The poll also asked respondents about their news viewing preferences. Not surprisingly, thirty-three percent of Republicans said that they get their news only from Fox News. That’s not “mostly”<\/em> from Fox News. It’s “ONLY!”<\/em> A full third of Republicans do not use any other source for news. That explains why so much of the party clings so tightly to easily debunked falsehoods. They believe that Trump had nothing to do with the Russians. They are convinced that a failing economy was rescued by Trump. Many still think that Obama was not born in the United States. They regard whatever they see on Fox News as gospel, and Fox is the PR division of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This poll is not the first time that Trump lost to his media foes. In February, the Quinnipiac poll<\/a><\/strong> asked \u201cWho do you trust more to tell you the truth about important issues: President Trump or the news media?\u201d<\/em> Voters chose the media by a margin of 52 percent to 37 percent. Now, five months later, after five more months of lambasting by Trump, he’s still trusted less than the media he detests. That’s gotta be painful – if his handlers allow him access to that information. And since it won’t be reported on Fox News, he might never know the truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week Donald Trump tweeted a hostile and childish video showing him body-slamming a CNN character. It was universally condemned as an incitement to violence against journalists. That is, of course, consistent with Trump’s well known animosity for the free press which he demeans at every opportunity. 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