Is the Media Too Tough on Donald Trump? More Than Half of Americans Think So

Just over half of Americans think the media’s coverage of President Donald Trump has been too critical, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.

While 51% rate the media as too critical of President Trump since the presidential election, 41% say the coverage has been fair and objective, while 6% say the media hasn't been critical enough. It isn’t clear what role Mr. Trump’s barrage of attacks on the fairness and credibility of the press has played in shaping the majority’s opinion that coverage of his administration has been too negative. A majority of those polled, some 53%, also believes that the news media have exaggerated problems in the Trump administration. Some 45% say that is not the case.