Body Quote by Anne Applebaum

Looking back, Mr. Trump's exploitation of the term 'fake news' to smear journalists was the single most consequential thing he did during the transition…

— Brian Stelter

The press is supposed to serve as a check on government.

— John Lewis

“This is an egregious breach of journalistic ethics. It’s absolutely inappropriate, whether they consider themselves “journalists” or not. You don’t “act” the part of…

— Megyn Kelly

Trump flourishes the more the White House press corps is riddled with political activists posing as journalists. But the country might fare better with…

— Mollie Hemingway

Not for nothing that [Donald] Trump, who himself has had some high unfavorable ratings, distrusted by a significant amount of the population and even…

— Donald Trump

Of the many ways in which Donald J. Trump is disrupting American politics, one of the most compelling is his disregard for the established…

— Anand Giridharadas

President-elect Trump needs to keep in mind that the media - they're never going to like him, especially after WikiLeaks exposed that the press…

— Sean Hannity

It has always been a central plank of Donald Trump's approach to politics to make us doubt what the media tell us and, more…

— Jessica Tarlov

The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word.…

— Bob Graham

One thing that is fairly undeniable about Trump - love him or loathe him - is his understanding of how to manipulate the media…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

The media have literally no negative effect on Donald Trump. No matter what he says, no matter how he says what he says, no…

— Rush Limbaugh

I certainly don't think that it's the job of any journalist to make the presidency work.

— Jake Tapper