Fox News host Sean Hannity, who has been called President Trump's "shadow" chief of staff. Nearly half of the conservatives surveyed named Fox News as their main source for political news. It was no secret that coverage of the Trump administration on Fox opinion shows skewed heavily pro-Trump. It is fair to surmise that much of the general population’s relatively low approval of Trump is shaped by the news they consume about his administration. And recent stories about the demise of conservative outlets such as the Weekly Standard suggest that there is little room for criticism of Trump in conservative media.

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2019 21:26 UTC