About 40% of Americans say they are paying more attention to political news with Trump at the White House for the second time
The first time that Donald Trump (Republican) the White House reporter by name on social networks was in 2019. It was worrying and disconcerting, but Parker quickly focused on the positive side.
“There was this wonderful moment when I could hear everyone in my life”, Said Parker to an audience at the International Symposium on Online Journalism) on March 28. She heard from a boy with whom she left in the first year of college. The friends of her sister of the summer camp contacted. It was a great excuse to reconnect with about “200 people” In a short period, she said.
Parker, winner of 3 Pulitzer awards, left the Washington Post For as a writer in 2024. Two weeks ago, it was on social networks by Trump. Among other criticisms, Trump posted on Truth Social that Parker “I don’t even know I won the presidency three times.” (Trump, of course, only won a presidential election twice.)
This time, the response of friends, family and former acquaintances was minimal. The difference caught Parker’s attention.
“This time, when he attacked me, I really didn’t hear from so many people,” Said Parker. The panel – the challenges of covering the “Trump 2.0” – also included, editor of the White House in New York Timesand, and president of the White House Correspondent Association.
“Truth Social does not have the same reach as Twitter had; I think this is part of the reason,” continued Parker. “I think the other part is that we have been in the” Donald Trump show “and at a time when he is deporting people without due process for arrests in El Salvador and closing entire agencies… The idea that he doesn’t like a journalist is not exactly new, right?”
A new timely report from the Pew Research Center (PDF – 490 KB) suggests that Parker is right.
Much less Americans are listening to the Trump administration’s relationship with the media compared to their first term, the report showed.
Only 36% says they heard a lot about the government’s relationship with the media. This is half of the percentage that Pew found. In March 2017, about 3/4 of Americans (72%) said they heard a lot about the relationship between Trump and the media.
It is not because Americans are completely disconnected. About 70%says they follow the news about the Trump government very closely (31%) or reasonably closely (40%), according to the report.
The study interviewed 5,123 adults between the end of February and early March 2025. At that time, the government had already attacked publicly and/or processed the, the other vehicles.
During the research, the White House, which for over a century was administered by an independent association of journalists.
About 40% of Americans say they pay more attention to political news with Trump at the White House for the 2nd time.
Pew asked 71% of respondents who said they were following the Trump government news why. The most common answer (66%) was: “I’m worried about what the government is doing.”
Democrats were the most likely (88%) to cite concern as a reason to follow Trump -related news. But the study showed that almost half (45%) of republicans also pointed out the “concern” as an important reason to pay attention.
Democrats and Republicans were equally likely (62%) to say that they follow the news because “They are relevant to my life.”
Those who are not following the news about the Trump government the fact that they feel “Exhausted with their quantity” and the political news.
*Sarah Scire is an adjunct editor of Nieman Lab.
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