Level Quote by Brian Stelter

Donald Trump creates word salads. And that is awful to language, because we try to parse out what he's saying and try to find…

— Masha Gessen

“Until recently, 'the news' has meant to different things - events that are newsworthy, and events covered by the press.”

— Clay Shirky

Donald Trump speaks extemporaneously, often through stream of consciousness, where it doesn't seem to follow a trajectory.

— Ben Zimmer

Sadly, the mainstream media doesn't like to linger very long on news stories that might present President Trump in a positive light.

— Lara Trump

“That is not quite true. At least not all the time. News outlets can and likely do sway public opinion all the time and…

— Pete Thorsen

Donald Trump himself has an idiosyncratic speaking style that relies on simple words and phrases, which worked for him in the primaries but may…

— Ben Zimmer

Even though [Donald] Trump is reported to not read very much and to have a limited range of experience, he is often certain that…

— David Krieger

Politically, Donald Trump doesn't seem to care much about what he says. He gauges the effect. Sometimes, in the middle of a speech, he…

— E. J. Dionne

One of the things I think about with Donald Trump is what are his words actually attached to? With Trump, I'm not sure the…

— David Brooks

“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

I think as we interpret him and frankly as the world learns to interpret Donald Trump, are these just words that are enigmatic things…

— David Brooks

When you look at the New York Times, when you look at The Washington Post, when you look at CNN. I mean CNN is…

— Donald Trump