Trump's return to power raises serious questions about the media's credibility

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : In the hours after Trump won reelection Tuesday, some of his loyalists asserted that his victory is a complete repudiation of the news media.
33% : "What lies ahead for the pressIf history is any guide, Trump is never, ever satisfied with news coverage.
32% : "If half the country has decided that Trump is qualified to be president, that means they're not reading any of this media, and we've lost this audience completely," the executive said.
28% : "On Harris-friendly cable news, ex-Republicans broadcast their horror at who Trump was and what he'd done; in the new social media and podcasts favored by Republicans, all of that was whining disconnected from what voters really cared about.
22% : For a time on Wednesday morning, The Federalist's lead headline was not about Trump, it was about the "corporate media industrial complex" being "2024's biggest loser.
21% : Trump declared war on the media in 2016.
10% : Further, will media outlets engage in self-censoring to appease Trump, and if so, how will readers and viewers who oppose Trump react?

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