Poll: Trump's attacks take a toll on his own credibility, as well as the media's
WASHINGTON - Who do you trust?
As President Donald Trump stokes the fires of doubt with attacks on much of the media as "fake news" and "enemies of the people," the nature of the news bubbles into which Americans have sorted themselves has taken on increased importance.
Trump's attacks on the media cause some to worry about violence: A Los Angeles man was arrested last week, for example, and charged with threatening to shoot employees at the Boston Globe after that newspaper published a widely publicized editorial critical of the president's press-bashing.
So far, however, the more consequential effect has been on politics, as Trump seeks to undermine the credibility of those he sees as critics and erode agreement over what's factual, even as his own credibility has suffered.
