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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaacb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Aj POLTIA REOR IN T S l l ih Md l ~ ~ Cn ince in thed I o nia (pp 4o li-5) Fak IN ew (p. 6), Publi Broadcating. 7)o ] I] Enemy of the People? Trump-Media Tensions Donald Trump tweeted that The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!A third of registered voters agree that the media are the enemy, but nearly six in ten do not. Six in ten also disapprove of the way President Trump talks about the media. A March Quinnipiac poll shows that a bare majority disapprove of the way the media cover Trump; a Harvard/ Harris poll shows a bare majority believe the mainstream press treat him fairly. As later pages in this report show, Americans' views of the media have deteriorated sharply in recent decades. Q: President Donald Trump has said journalists and the media are the enemy of the American people. Do you ... ? Agree, journalists and the media are the enemy of the American people Disagree 34% 59 Note: Sample is registered voters. Source: Suffolk University/USA Today, March 2017. Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the way President Donald Trump talks about the media? Approve of the way President Trump talks about the media Disapprove 37% 60 Note: Sample is registered voters. Eighty one percent of Republi cans in March and 5 percent of Democrats approved. In February, 35 percent nationally approved and 61 percent disapproved. Source: Quinnipiac University, March 2017. Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the way the news media has covered President Donald Trump? Responses of- Approve of the way the news media has covered President Trump Disapprove Note: Sample is registered voters. Source: Quinnipiac University, March 2017. Q: Do you think... ? 41% 53 The mainstream press is treating President Trump 53% 47 Fairly Unfairly Reps. 7% 90 70% 21 40% 56 President Trump has treated the mainstream press 41% 59 Note: Online survey. Sample is registered voters. Source: Harvard Center for American Political Studies/Harris Insights, March 2017. Ag M E R I C0 A N. EN E P00 ST T T 179MsahstsAeuN ,Wsigon0C206-228250 w~e~r Dems. Inds.