Fox News is by far the outlet that most Republicans trust for their news, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. But is that trust misplaced? From completely ignoring impeachment to consistently providing uncritical and even glowing coverage of President Donald Trump by hosts like Sean Hannity, Chris Cillizza explains how this lopsided information-gathering system is hurting American politics.
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Fox News’ Sean Hannity to interview President Trump before the Super Bowl
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2. Americans are divided by party in the sources they turn to for political news
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Donald Trump just said something truly terrifying
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President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years
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Fox News Ditches Impeachment Trial Coverage In Favor Of Prime Time Shows
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Hey, Chris here — have you been watching the Senate impeachment trial?
irish buck, they don’t want to know the truth. They can’t handle the truth. Haha
Yer although there had been zero evidence…it’s like there is no impeachment. I wonder why? CNN sucks!
@boston mass LMAO scares there viewers? With what? That there is no evidence? I seriously can’t believe people still fall for propaganda these days seriously how stupid do you have to be to believe the clown news network lol wow
SOMEONES SALTYYYY
This mouthpiece slave is just mad and miserable cause FOX gets more viewers on the weekends with their reruns then they do with their prime time trash cast…
@El Chapo
Ayyyyy El Chapo LMAO!
@Heidi Carter
How so?
‘The Truth Hurts’
@Justin Tyme I was also meaning the truth hurts
https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings It does when you realize the problem is us.
Best wax Trump don’t ever tell it his face would burn in hell
@Lukia Lukia
Ok. Thank you.
@Mary Turner
I’m having trouble interpreting the words of many today. What exactly are you trying to say?
Had this been a real pendemic the stock market would have crashed
Pandemics don’t start as millions of people simultaneously falling ill… They start by one, then 5, then 45, 159, 1300, 50000, and so on. Which is what we are witnessing, more or less. And, markets don’t crash that fast either. Remember how long it took for the subprime crisis to manifest itself? You just wait…
If this guy doesn’t have low T , I’ll eat my foot.
Hi Chris, I was wondering if the Covington case has hurt America in regards to bias and agenda reporting in the media?
@Shannon Allen, I really doubt that, think about the legal dumbshit, a settlement isn’t that much.
@The Duffman Considering the amount they were asking and the fact that CNN settled, the amount was likely significant. That said no one is saying what the amount was so I’ll amend that and say he’s “richer”.
@The Duffman Maybe it was the doxing and the death threats. No, I’m sure your answer is the correct one everyone who doesn’t agree with you is a crybaby. In fact, I’m almost certain that is WHY they don’t agree with you. I wonder how many Trump supporters asked Clinton signs to be taken down at college campuses because they felt threatened… I can only guess very few since there were no reports on that.
See you in November !
Jesus Palacios by then CNN may not exist 😂
Texanboiii 😂😂😂
But Sean Hannity and Fox are correct. lol. CNN YOU ARE SO ABSURDDDDDD
its a good sign that most people dont trust the media in generel.they think and choose for them self.welcome to the new and free world..
Sure. You get rumors through social media, with no one caring to research what actually happened, nor taking any responsibility about the “information” they shared. There you learn that Trump is a successful, learned and polite businessman, that cancer is cured with bicarbonate, Elvis is alive and the Earth is flat. Welcome to the era of Idiocracy. (Take a look at the movies All the President’s Men, and Spotlight. So you can learn why now you know what you know).
Sour grapes, low ratings!
Hahahahaha.. Great Skit 😂😂 hilarious comedy
This guy trump says 4 wrong things everyone goes off you know we all have accidents or we could talk about the wrong things Obama said
cnn …………. bottom of the barrel
At least CNN has a bottom. tRumps pool of lies is bottomless.
Both news channels are corrupt absolutist propaganda programming made for both extreme sides.
@comprehend 347 That is the most neutral comment I’ve seen in these comments.
Tell me one time when CNN was positive for Trump and I’ll watch CNN.
I don’t get why you made this about CNN. He’s citing MANY other different news sources. If anything, MSNBC is is worse for Trump than CNN, but Trump loyalists constantly go out of their way to bash CNN.
All the US people in power are pretty much corrupt just like Dump.
CNN has touted the good economy under trump. Now start watching regular news. ALL news are bias, but cnn doesn’t flat out LIE. Whenever they make mistakes they correct it and retract stories like you’re supposed to. Sean Hannity has lied to the uneducated for his millions. He’s sold his soul. Sean knows better. He knows how to manipulate the angry uneducated masses. I only wish people would stop letting conmen use them. All politicians lie but trump is on number 16, 242. There are levels to this my man.
@Larry Klooze The improved economy, the low unemployment, trade negotiations with China and an improved trade deal with Mexico and Canada…. all come to mind.
Larry Klooze well the unemployment’s at an all time low, but you’re gonna say Obama did that because there’s no finding common ground with you people…
Looks like Chris had to move into his moms basement.
Ryan K Christine “Sonichu” W Chandler came to my mind
It must be tough for CNN to believe that people have turned away from them in droves seeking truth.
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“Many Republicans turn to Fox for their news, and for some the only news source they trust!”
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*Fox News isn’t even on the Lean Dem/Dem side*
DEMOCRATIC PARTY;;;”HURRY UP, AMERICAN VOTERS ARE GOING TO INTERFERE IN THE NEXT ELECTION”
THEYRE TERRIFIED OF US !
Isn’t it curious that the ones who most try to get less people to vote are the Republicans?
Your gay
I can’t stand any news that starts their news with “new bomb shell revelations” then two days later it has no meaning and because they look stupid abandon the story all together.
Oh like the truth
@Mary Turner no like tell you lies and make no attempt to give you objective opinions.
Aw CNN, bless your heart. You’re so funny. – The South
If you only knew that people think the South is a joke – the Midwest
@none none If you only knew that the South doesn’t give a damn what ‘people’ think… southerner raised in the midwest.
@none none I’m from the midwest and I don’t know anyone who thinks that the south is a joke. If we are ever going to make a difference in this country, we won’t do it by being divided. Lay aside parties, we are all Americans. We don’t have to agree on everything but, we should always love one another and show respect. I think one thing that both media outlets have managed to do is divide us. It takes courage to stand up and see people as people and not political agendas. I disagree with everything that Chris is saying in this video but I still love him as a person. I’m not going to degrade him because he believes differently than I do. Shannon Allen, you matter and you are loved- the Midwest
Lmao. No, Fox news is bad for CNN. 😂😂😂