Re: “One thing helping Trump’s approval rating: Some people aren’t paying attention” (Might 20, Nation & World):
The newest New York Occasions/Siena School ballot discovered that President Donald Trump’s approval scores had been larger with voters who hadn’t adopted the foremost information tales of his first 100 days. And voters who mentioned they’d not heard a lot about current information occasions had one factor in widespread: They had been more likely to get their information from social media.
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Regardless of the selection, investing in skilled journalism is an funding in a stronger democracy — and a present we are going to all be pleased about.
Kim Drury, Langley
