New York Daily News ^ | 13 Aug 2019 | S.E. Cupp
Posted on 08/13/2019 1:28:01 PM PDT by KC_Lion
Among the many consequences of Donald Trump’s ascendancy in modern American politics is a renewed and deepened hostility for the press, not only among his far-right base, but within the general electorate.
In recent decades, trust in media has plummeted from a high of 72% who had a great deal or fair amount of trust in 1976, thanks in large part to Watergate coverage, down to a historic low of 32% in 2016. Trust has ticked back up to 45% in 2018 and, among Democrats, is actually the highest it’s been in 20 years.
You might not know it to listen to many of the 2020 contenders for President, however. As media watchers have noted, Democrats are starting to sound a lot like President Trump, who has made attacking the media less an art form than a blunt-object game of whack-a-mole.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who’s long had a contentious relationship with the media, occasionally snapping or even yelling at reporters who ask questions he doesn’t appreciate, has taken up one of Trump’s favorite laments —that the Washington Post is beholden to Amazon owner Jeff Bezos.
At a speech in New Hampshire, Sanders floated the baseless claim:
“I talk about [Amazon’s taxes] all the time. And then I wonder why the Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon, doesn’t write particularly good articles about me. I don’t know why.”
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Other candidates, like Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, have also slammed the media for their campaign coverage, or lack thereof. “Me and my campaign,” Gabbard complained, “have been on the receiving end of very intentional smear efforts trying to undermine our campaign coming through, you know, NBC News quoting articles that are completely baseless.”....
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