Media

President Trump speaks on Saturday during an event celebrating veterans at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, where he continued his rhetorical attacks on the media.

Trump Puts A Twist On The Meaning Of 'Bully Pulpit'

12:15pm July 04, 2017

by Ron Elving

For Teddy Roosevelt, it was a way of saying the presidency was a matchless opportunity to raise consciousness, to lecture if you will — relying on independent media to convey the president's ideas.

Trump's Tweet Of Him Bodyslamming CNN Heightens Controversy

6:09pm July 03, 2017

by Tamara Keith

President Trump's weekend tweet depicting him body slamming a CNN avatar prompted condemnation. It also prompted questions about whether his ongoing focus on media bashing could hurt the GOP agenda.

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"When we started on the game, fake news, the term that we know now, wasn't even in the vernacular."

To Test Your Fake News Judgment, Play This Game

9:17am July 03, 2017

by Tennessee Watson

The journalist who thought up this game says she saw the need before "fake news" was even in the vernacular.

News Brief: Trump CNN Tweet Is Criticized, Latest Vatican Shake-Up

8:42am July 03, 2017

It seems President Trump's frustration with his party and the news media is growing. At the Vatican over the weekend, the cardinal who headed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was ousted.

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Trump's Latest Twitter Strike At Media

8:01pm July 02, 2017

by David Folkenflik

President Trump's latest strike at the media involves a tweet of a video recorded during a professional wrestling event of him tackling a person whose face is superimposed with the CNN logo.

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Storm Lake Times Editor Art Cullen stands outside his newspaper he started with his brother in 1990. The newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize this year for its editorial writing

National

How Small Town Papers Have Kept Community Trust

7:52am July 01, 2017

by Clay Masters

Distrust in the media has become a oft-cited trope in the cable news cycle. But one staple of American journalism seems to have avoided the "fake news" characterization — small-town newspapers.

Health Care Debate Opens A Wound Between House And Senate GOP

7:52am July 01, 2017

It has become clear that Republicans can't agree with one another on what to do about the Senate health care bill. Scott Simon talks to Mark Hemingway of The Weekly Standard about the GOP divide.

Mika, Joe And The Donald: Trump's Tweets Intensify Feud With MSNBC Hosts

6:17pm June 30, 2017

by David Folkenflik

The president's tweets attacking MSNBC critics veered into unexpected terrain Friday as they accused the White House of trying to extort an apology to Trump to get him to quash a tabloid story about their personal lives.

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Politics & Government

Trump's Latest Tweet Is Roundly Criticized

9:09am June 30, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks with Jonah Goldberg, senior editor at the National Review, about President Trump's latest tweet, which has been criticized from both sides of the aisle.

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GOP Lawmakers Denounce Trump's Tweets Attacking 'Morning Joe' Hosts

4:31pm June 29, 2017

by Tamara Keith

President Trump insulted TV host Mika Brzezinski in vulgar terms on Twitter. Republican lawmakers denounced Trump's comments as they try to stay focused on their agenda. It's a familiar pattern that occurs when the president tweets.

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