Pasek: Vilification of news media widens US political divide
September 14, 2018
A September 2018 survey of likely Michigan voters found that about 30% of all polled and about 66% of “strong Republicans” agreed that the media represents an “enemy of the people.” Although Americans have always been cynical about news reporting that doesn’t align with their own beliefs, says ISR’s Josh Pasek, this represents a new level of vilification along party lines. And this partisan divide, Pasek says, is increased by anti-media diatribes from the Oval Office.