Poll: Quarter of Americans believe media too easy on Trump
NEW YORK – An estimated 27 per cent of Americans believe the news media has been too easy on Donald Trump.
The Pew Research Center said Thursday that more people feel that way than they did about the coverage for republicans Mitt Romney and John McCain the last two elections. Romney was at 20 per cent and McCain 15 per cent.
The increase is primarily driven by democrats. Twice as many democrats feel the media has gone soft for Trump as felt that way about McCain.
Meanwhile, 33 per cent of people said the media has been too easy on Hillary Clinton. That percentage is roughly on par with what people thought about coverage of President Barack Obama the last two elections.
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Pew’s poll was a nationwide sample of 1,000 adults, conducted between Sept. 15-18.
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