Harvard Study Reveals Huge Extent of Anti-Trump Media Bias

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Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Author, "The Death of Expertise," Prof at @NavalWarCollege and @HarvardEXT. Fmr US Senate aide. Sr. Cont. @FDRLST




Interesting aspect to the arguments by Trump supporters complaining about elite media coverage - and then citing a Harvard study. /1

They correctly note that the media examined *except Fox* are hugely negative toward Trump. But then they make a weird logical pirouette. /2

They assume that *everyone is wrong or inaccurate or biased but Fox*.Why would the outlier be right and everyone else be wrong? /3

Maybe the other media are reflecting a reality, and *Fox* was the one injecting an agenda? Also, one other point. /4

The media is hostile to Trump. No arguing that. But that doesn't mean news about incompetence and self-inflicted wounds is always bias. /5

"Republicans, inside and outside the administration, accounted for 80 percent of what newsmakers said about the Trump presidency." /6

When things are bad, the news is bad. Yes, there's bias. But as usual, Trump's biggest enemy is... Trump. /7x

TN bias @)



HH: And you are a #NeverTrumper?
TN: I am a #NeverTrumper, yes.

 

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Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Author, "The Death of Expertise," Prof at @NavalWarCollege and @HarvardEXT. Fmr US Senate aide. Sr. Cont. @FDRLST




Interesting aspect to the arguments by Trump supporters complaining about elite media coverage - and then citing a Harvard study. /1

They correctly note that the media examined *except Fox* are hugely negative toward Trump. But then they make a weird logical pirouette. /2

They assume that *everyone is wrong or inaccurate or biased but Fox*.Why would the outlier be right and everyone else be wrong? /3

Maybe the other media are reflecting a reality, and *Fox* was the one injecting an agenda? Also, one other point. /4

The media is hostile to Trump. No arguing that. But that doesn't mean news about incompetence and self-inflicted wounds is always bias. /5

"Republicans, inside and outside the administration, accounted for 80 percent of what newsmakers said about the Trump presidency." /6

When things are bad, the news is bad. Yes, there's bias. But as usual, Trump's biggest enemy is... Trump. /7x

TN:

"The problem is that I think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstable person."

"I don’t think he has policies".

"I think there’s something genuinely wrong with him."

 

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Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Author, "The Death of Expertise," Prof at @NavalWarCollege and @HarvardEXT. Fmr US Senate aide. Sr. Cont. @FDRLST




Interesting aspect to the arguments by Trump supporters complaining about elite media coverage - and then citing a Harvard study. /1

They correctly note that the media examined *except Fox* are hugely negative toward Trump. But then they make a weird logical pirouette. /2

They assume that *everyone is wrong or inaccurate or biased but Fox*.Why would the outlier be right and everyone else be wrong? /3

Maybe the other media are reflecting a reality, and *Fox* was the one injecting an agenda? Also, one other point. /4

The media is hostile to Trump. No arguing that. But that doesn't mean news about incompetence and self-inflicted wounds is always bias. /5

"Republicans, inside and outside the administration, accounted for 80 percent of what newsmakers said about the Trump presidency." /6

When things are bad, the news is bad. Yes, there's bias. But as usual, Trump's biggest enemy is... Trump. /7x

TN

" Hillary is awful, but she’s within the normal parameters of awful. Trump is off the charts, and so I have to say that."


"Are you comfortable with Donald Trump controlling nuclear weapons, because I am not."

 

[superbeets]

Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Author, "The Death of Expertise," Prof at @NavalWarCollege and @HarvardEXT. Fmr US Senate aide. Sr. Cont. @FDRLST




Interesting aspect to the arguments by Trump supporters complaining about elite media coverage - and then citing a Harvard study. /1

They correctly note that the media examined *except Fox* are hugely negative toward Trump. But then they make a weird logical pirouette. /2

They assume that *everyone is wrong or inaccurate or biased but Fox*.Why would the outlier be right and everyone else be wrong? /3

Maybe the other media are reflecting a reality, and *Fox* was the one injecting an agenda? Also, one other point. /4

The media is hostile to Trump. No arguing that. But that doesn't mean news about incompetence and self-inflicted wounds is always bias. /5

"Republicans, inside and outside the administration, accounted for 80 percent of what newsmakers said about the Trump presidency." /6

When things are bad, the news is bad. Yes, there's bias. But as usual, Trump's biggest enemy is... Trump. /7x

"TN:

Well, then, we both agree that no matter what happens, conservatism will be wiped out, because I believe that Donald Trump is going to annihilate conservatism by turning it into his personal vehicle for fame, and his erratic behavior. He will hollow out the ideological core. There will be nothing left to win, Hugh, once Trump wins."

 

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