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Trump's backstop against the classified information story: His base doesn't trust the media
By Philip Bump May 16 at 7:45 AM
The Washington Post’s report that President Trump had revealed classified information to Russia’s foreign minister and ambassador was quickly matched by reporting from other news outlets. By 6:40 p.m., the New York Times, Reuters and others had talked to their sources and confirmed The Post’s story. But at 6:45 p.m., there was no mention of the report on Fox News’ website.
As we noted last week, that’s significant in part because Fox News has consistently been the most-watched news channel in America. But it’s also significant because Republican voters — Trump’s base — is more likely to trust Fox News than any other news source. By far.
Which presents a challenge: If Fox News doesn’t report it, do Trump supporters know it exists?
Even trickier is that Republicans and Trump supporters consistently tell pollsters that they trust Trump more than they trust the media. That question was asked by Quinnipiac University in February and McClatchy-Marist in March. While 52 percent of those in Quinnipiac’s poll and 70 percent of those in Marist’s said they trusted the media more, 78 percent of Republicans and 55 percent of Trump supporters said they trusted Trump more in those two polls respectively.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/05/15/trumps-failsafe-against-the-classified-information-story-his-base-doesnt-trust-the-media/?utm_term=.1c5fa0bd4c76&wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1
