Trump and the Media

Trump and the media

The president and the press ata time of crisis and loathing

“Beat the Press”

“Beat the Press”

• Whose side do you take — The New York Times’ or NPR’s?

“Beat the Press”

• Whose side do you take — The New York Times’ or NPR’s?

• What should be the criteria for deciding that a falsehood is actually a lie?

“Beat the Press”

• Whose side do you take — The New York Times’ or NPR’s?

• What should be the criteria for deciding that a falsehood is actually a lie?

• What should be the criteria for suggesting that Trump doesn’t know the difference?

“Media Buzz”

“Media Buzz”

• Does Sean Spicer strike you as more measured and reasonable here than in other settings?

“Media Buzz”

• Does Sean Spicer strike you as more measured and reasonable here than in other settings?

• Does Spicer’s demeanor suggest that he has been unfairly portrayed by the media?

“Media Buzz”

• Does Sean Spicer strike you as more measured and reasonable here than in other settings?

• Does Spicer’s demeanor suggest that he has been unfairly portrayed by the media?

• Does Spicer make a good case that the media have underreported Trump’s successes?

David Fahrenthold

David Fahrenthold

• Kovach and Rosenstiel write about the contributions that the public can make. How did that play out in Fahrenthold’s reporting?

David Fahrenthold

• Kovach and Rosenstiel write about the contributions that the public can make. How did that play out in Fahrenthold’s reporting?

• Fahrenthold broke two of the biggest stories in the presidential campaign. Did it matter?

David Fahrenthold

• Kovach and Rosenstiel write about the contributions that the public can make. How did that play out in Fahrenthold’s reporting?

• Fahrenthold broke two of the biggest stories in the presidential campaign. Did it matter?

• “The point of my stories was not to defeat Trump.” Do you believe him?

Jay Rosen

Jay Rosen

• Problems– Terrible economic environment for journalism

(though a few outlets are doing better)

Jay Rosen

• Problems– Terrible economic environment for journalism

(though a few outlets are doing better)– A broken model of political coverage based on

horse-race stories aimed at insiders

Jay Rosen

• Problems– Terrible economic environment for journalism

(though a few outlets are doing better)– A broken model of political coverage based on

horse-race stories aimed at insiders– An active effort to discredit the press, equating,

say, The New York Times with Breitbart News

Jay Rosen

• Solutions– Don’t ignore Trump’s tweets, but don’t cover them

to the exclusion of more important news

Jay Rosen

• Solutions– Don’t ignore Trump’s tweets, but don’t cover them

to the exclusion of more important news– Be like Fahrenthold, building trust through

transparency about your reporting methods

Jay Rosen

• Solutions– Don’t ignore Trump’s tweets, but don’t cover them

to the exclusion of more important news– Be like Fahrenthold, building trust through

transparency about your reporting methods– Listen by connecting people’s troubles with the

larger political issues of the day

Jay Rosen

• Questions– Can we make people understand the value of the

“journalism of verification”? Or is polarization so ingrained that there’s little to be done?

Jay Rosen

• Questions– Can we make people understand the value of the

“journalism of verification”? Or is polarization so ingrained that there’s little to be done?

– Some have suggested that we should, in fact, ignore Trump’s tweets. What are the pros and cons?

Jay Rosen

• Questions– Can we make people understand the value of the

“journalism of verification”? Or is polarization so ingrained that there’s little to be done?

– Some have suggested that we should, in fact, ignore Trump’s tweets. What are the pros and cons?

– Is talk about the rise of authoritarianism and the shrinkage of press freedom real or hyperbolic?

David Frum

David Frum

• If authoritarian rulers succeed by flooding the zone with falsehoods, what is the best way for news organizations to counter that?

David Frum

• If authoritarian rulers succeed by flooding the zone with falsehoods, what is the best way for news organizations to counter that?

• If journalism is characterized as the enemy, how can we reach that part of the public that is pro-Trump?

David Frum

• If authoritarian rulers succeed by flooding the zone with falsehoods, what is the best way for news organizations to counter that?

• If journalism is characterized as the enemy, how can we reach that part of the public that is pro-Trump?

• What would happen if a scandal similar to Watergate engulfed Trump? Would it matter?