Trump’s Time Interview Shows How Little He Values Words
Is Trump a thoughtless talker? In his recent interview with Time, his rhetoric was pointed – but his words seemed as cavalier as ever.
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The Anatomy of Rachel Maddow’s Rollout of Trump’s Tax Returns
Rachel Maddow’s report on Trump’s 2005 tax returns caused quite a stir – but did the news really live up to the hype?
Trump’s proposed budget slashes federal arts funding
President Trump’s budget proposal takes deep cuts into federal funds reserved for the arts – including money that goes to NPR and PBS.
From Twitter Trenders to the Trumps: When is a Fact Irrelevant?
Gossip journalism has always drawn eyes and gained intrigue. Whether a rumor is about a member of a politician’s family, or a regular person who just happened to stumble into overnight Internet fame—journalists pounce on any information they can find in order to get an
Oscars 2017: Political Statements Overshadowed by Epic Best Picture Blunder
For once, the most important Oscars story was about the awards, not about the political statements made by awardees. That’s not to say the 2017 Oscars were devoid of such banter. On the contrary, the first Academy Awards of the Trump administration were full of
Trump’s Latest Press Attack: The Media Accountability Survey
If the mainstream media thought President Trump was going to leave his demonization of their profession to press conferences and rallies, last Thursday must have been a rude awakening. Following a February 16 press conference where the President spent a significant amount of time taking
Is Trump inadvertently helping the media?
President Donald Trump has been attacking the mainstream media, particularly the “failing” New York Times and “fake news” CNN, since the early days of the 2016 election cycle, and those attacks have persisted into his presidency. Ironically, Trump’s vilification of the press has helped boost
Did media botch the UC Berkeley-Milo Yiannopoulos “riot” coverage?
Did media’s “mainstream” have a left-leaning tilt while covering the demonstrations and violence against Milo Yiannopoulos over at UC Berkeley?
Trump takes aim at federal arts spending
As President Trump’s Executive Orders have been the top of the news cycle lately, organizations like NPR and PBS may be threatened due to White House proposals currently in the works.
Pop Culture POTUS: Trump vs. Obama
President Obama and President Trump have both made notable marks on the pop culture media world, but in very different ways.