Three-quarters of Republicans trust President Trump over the media

A new poll from Quinnipiac University finds that most Americans disapprove of how the media cover President Donald Trump, a function of a majority of independents disapproving of that coverage. Among Republicans, though, nearly 9 in 10 disapprove of the media coverage. Most Americans also disapprove of how President Trump talks about the media. Most Republicans, though — two-thirds of them — agree with Trump’s characterizations of the media. While 86 percent of Democrats trust the media to tell the truth about important issues, three-quarters of Republicans trust President Trump.