American Confidence in the Media Climbs in New Poll, as Trump’s Numbers Fall
New Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that percentage of people with “great deal” or “some” confidence in the press is on the rise
Debbie Emery | October 3, 2017 @ 6:10 PM
Last Updated: October 3, 2017 @ 6:11 PM
A new opinion poll from Reuters/Ipsos shows that despite Donald Trump’s repeated claims of “fake news,” Americans have increasing faith in the media and decreasing faith in the current president.
The poll of more than 14,300 people released on Tuesday shows that the percentage of adults who said they had a “great deal” or “some” confidence in the press rose to 48 percent in September, compared to 39 percent in November.
The increase comes after Trump branded the entire industry as the “enemy of the American people,” Reuters reported.
Meanwhile, those who said they had “hardly any” confidence in the press dropped to 45 percent from 51 percent.
On the flip side, the poll found that in late January, 52 percent of Americans had a “great deal” or “some” confidence in the new president’s executive branch. But by May, that had dropped to 51 percent, and to 48 percent in the poll released Tuesday.
When Barack Obama was closing out his presidency in November, 57 percent of Americans had a “great deal” or “some” confidence in the outgoing POTUS.
The poll also found that the shift in trust was not simply a partisan reaction to a Republican president, according to Reuters.
From January to September, the percentage of people who had a “great deal” or “some” confidence in the executive branch dropped 6 percentage points among Republicans and 3 points among Democrats; those who expressed similar levels of confidence in the media rose 3 points this year among Republicans and 11 points among Democrats.
9 People #BlockedByTrump on Twitter, From Chrissy Teigen to Stephen King (Photos)
While Donald Trump likes to dole out criticism on Twitter, he certainly doesn't like to receive it. And lately, he's even blocking people for doing it. Here is the (growing) list of noteworthy people who have been #BlockedByTrump on his favorite social media platform.
Chrissy Teigen
After years of trolling him, this model finally got #BlockedByTrump in July 2017. Apparently, what broke POTUS' back wasn't being called a "twat;" it was being told, "lol no one likes you."
Stephen King The horror novelist and frequent Trump critic alerted fans in June 2017 that he had beed blocked by POTUS. Fortunately, King won't have to miss out: "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling offered to DM Trump tweets directly to him.
"Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski President Trump didn't explicitly block Scarborough and Brzezinski, but he did unfollow them. The "Morning Joe" duo are politically conservative, but emerged as vocal Trump critics in late 2016.
MSNBC
Bess Kalb Trump blocked the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" writer after she hurled a few jokes at him. Afterward, Kalb tweeted that she was mortified yet unsurprised "that the leader of the free world could be so wounded by the gentle ribbing of a comedy writer." She also called Trump a "snowflake."
VoteVets Trump blocked the progressive veterans advocacy group after it harshly criticized his Muslim travel ban and his potential links with Russia. But VoteVets was unfazed, later tweeting, "The Commander in Chief can block @VoteVets, the voice of 500k military veterans and families, but we will NOT be silenced."
Twitter
Holly O'Reilly The musician/activist was probably #BlockedByTrump after tweeting a photo of him and an all-black-clad Melania with the caption, "Dress for the job you want. #widow," or calling him a "bloody idiot." O'Reilly claims Trump violated her constitutional rights by blocking her, and after it happened, told Time, "It's like FDR took my radio away."
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Andy Signore The Emmy-nominated writer was incensed after Trump took London Mayor Sadiq Khan's words out of context, then claimed Khan didn't care about the victims of the London terror attacks. So Signore slammed Trump on Twitter - and was blocked in return.
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John Niven The "Kill Your Friends" author is a #BlockedByTrump O.G; Trump blocked him sometime around November 9, 2016. Niven turned a screenshot of the block notification into a badge of honor, tweeting "I'm blocked on Twitter by the President of the United States. Strange days."
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Jimmy Smagula This actor was #BlockedByTrump, but not by first daughter Ivanka, a fact he used to his advantage after she tweeted a widely-mocked tribute to "my LGBT friends" at the start of Pride Month. "TELL YOUR A****** FATHER AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT" he said on June 2.
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The president has been increasingly busy curating who, and who cannot see him on his favorite social media platform
While Donald Trump likes to dole out criticism on Twitter, he certainly doesn't like to receive it. And lately, he's even blocking people for doing it. Here is the (growing) list of noteworthy people who have been #BlockedByTrump on his favorite social media platform.