Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
Both during the election cycle and as president of the United States, Donald Trump has enthusiastically and aggressively attacked the media. On Twitter, in speeches, and at rallies he has repeatedly deployed his favorite “f words” against mainstream broadcast, print, and online news sources: “fake,” “fraudulent,” “failing,” and (phonetically) “phony.” Some attacks have been personal to individual journalists, some have been more institutionally focused, and some have been made in contexts that appeared to create physical risk to reporters who were present. But whatever the variation in lavors, the frequency of the attacks has remained constant. Indeed, Trump has devoted more tweets to attacking the news media than he has to job creation, one of the centerpieces of his campaign platform.
Recommended Citation
Niehoff, Leonard. "Are Trump's Attacks on the Media Adversely Affecting Public Opinion?" Communications Lawyer 33, no. 2 (2017): 1, 5-6.
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Comments
2017, Published in Communications Lawyer 33, no. 2, Fall (2017), by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or downloaded or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association