May 24, 2017 Committing Candor: Press pounces on president for saying the job is hard In the flurry of interviews that President Trump is doing to promote his first 100 days, one passage really caught the media’s attention.
May 24, 2017 Does it matter? No evidence of Trump 'collusion' with Russia as media shift focus Turns out the piece contained astute observations by Byron York, a ӣƵ contributor, on how the focus of all the journalistic digging and investigative machinery has shifted.
May 23, 2017 Trump gets good reviews overseas, but probe still casts long shadow President Trump, fresh off a well-reviewed speech in Saudi Arabia, was being covered in Jerusalem yesterday when breaking news banners flashed across cable news screens:
May 22, 2017 It's not your imagination: Study finds Trump coverage overwhelmingly negative You may have gotten the impression that the coverage of President Trump is kinda sorta pretty negative.
May 19, 2017 Why a special counsel will help Trump for now – but could still be dangerous President Trump doesn’t think much of the naming of a special counsel to take over the Russia probe, even as the choice of Robert Mueller is garnering widespread praise.
May 18, 2017 The Roger Ailes Legacy: From the highs to the lows, why he mattered Roger Ailes utterly transformed the face of cable news during a colorful and controversial career that took him from politics and entertainment to the creation of ӣƵ as a powerful television franchise.
May 16, 2017 Press laser-focused on Comey fallout, but the country not as engaged Kellyanne Conway told me on Sunday that much of what she calls the “presumptively negative” coverage of President Trump can be tied to “the quest to go viral.”
May 15, 2017 Pulling the plug? Why even flawed White House briefings help both sides The reaction of some Trump supporters to the president floating the idea of abolishing the White House briefings can be summed up thusly: Hell yeah!
May 12, 2017 It was all Trump's decision: POTUS changes White House narrative on Comey firing When President Trump sat down with Lester Holt yesterday, he essentially altered the version of James Comey’s firing that his top aides have been pressing in public.
May 11, 2017 A Coup? Why some of the media's eye-rolling Comey coverage goes too far Let’s stipulate that President Trump made an incredibly controversial move in firing James Comey.