Donald Trump's conflict with the media

Donald Trump frequently attacks the American media as having a left-wing bias and being "corrupt", and also uses a variety of insults when speaking about outlets that give him unfavorable coverage.

Some social media outlets limited or banned Trump for violating their terms of service, especially after his incitement of the January 6 United States Capitol attack and spread of election misinformation.

The term was promoted by far-right media organization Breitbart News, one of whose major stockholders is Robert Mercer who employed Caddell as a contractor since 2013 and was one of Donald Trump's biggest financial backers.

[13] On August 16, the United States Senate, in a symbolic rebuke to Trump, passed by unanimous consent a resolution affirming that the media is not "the enemy of the people" and reaffirming "the vital and indispensable role the free press serves.

"[14][15][16] In August 2019, when journalist Jonathan Karl asked him if he feared that his supporters would interpret this as a justification for violence, Trump replied: "I hope they take my words to heart.

During the first week that Trump was banned on several platforms (January 9–15), election-related misinformation declined 73 percent, according to research analytics firm Zignal Labs.

[34] Shortly after Trump took office for a second time in January 2025, new Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr opened an investigation into underwriting credits on NPR and PBS.

[37] Carr also revived previously dismissed complaints against ABC and NBC, but not Fox News, which tends to give Trump favorable coverage.