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A solid majority of American voters disagrees with president Trump's contention that the media are the enemy of the people, according to a poll released Aug. 14 by Quinnipiac University National Poll.
Sixty-five percent of respondents call the media an important part of democracy, while 26 percent consider the press the enemy of the poll.
Trump's attack on the media has gained some traction among Republican voters as a bare majority (51 percent) consider the press the enemy.
Thirty-six percent of the GOP group says the media are a key part of democracy.
Quinnipiac found that less than half of voters (44 percent) express concern that Trump's anti-media rhetoric could result in violence against media people.
There was a sharp split among Democrats and Republicans on the violence issue (76 percent to 14 percent).
Voters aren't buying into Trump's claim that special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting a "witch hunt."
More than half (51 percent) of voters agree that Mueller is conducting a fair investigation into possible coordination between the Trump presidential campaign and the Russian government.
A third of respondents don’t think Mueller is conducting a fair probe.
Trump Media & Technology Group today reported a $58.2M net loss on $4.1M in 2023 revenues, a disclosure that drove its stock price down 22.6 percent to $47.96.
Barry Pollack, an attorney at Wall Street’s Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler, has registered Julian Assange as a client with the Justice Dept. “out of an abundance of caution.”
Paramount Global to slash 800 jobs in what chief executive Bob Bakish calls part of an effort to “return the company to earnings growth"... Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman is exiting at the end of the month due to disagreements with chief executive Gus Wenner over the direction the magazine is taking... The New York Times broke the $1 billion barrier in annual revenue from digital subscriptions in 2023... Press Forward is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms.
The majority of news articles are read within the first three days of publication, according to a recent report.
The Los Angeles Times gives pink slips to 115 people or 20 percent of its newsroom staff... TIME is also laying off about 30 employees, which is approximately 15 percent of its editorial staff... The Baltimore Banner, which was launched by Stewart Bainum in 2022 after he failed to buy the Baltimore Sun, added 500 subscribers per day in the three days following Sinclair Broadcast Group's deal to purchase the Sun.
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