Swaying People Towards Trump

American journalist Howard Kurtz writes in this "Media warnings against Donald Trump shift from aggressive to apocalyptic" article for Fox News, published on March 8th, 2016, that the media is fighting so hard against Trump, that they are actually swaying voters to support him. His article samples quotations from a plethora of sources, including Fox's competitor CNN, The Washington Post, the New Yorker, and Salon, where other writers commentate on Trump's "threat to civilization." Kurtz's examples are bountiful when it comes to other news sources, but he fails to include a source from his own news site, of which a simple search in Fox news search bar would have possessed. It's unreliable to disinclude Fox news in a media article, when a large part of the nation's news comes from that specific source. In fact, Fox is still prime-time leader, beating out both CNN and MSNBC. It's understandable not to go against the company that pays you, but, in order to be even a smidgen of a reliable news source, you have to at least include the biggest one.

Meida outlets aside, Kurtz also claims that celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Louis C.K "have threatened to move to Canada if he's elected." Recent conservatives have consistently posted memes including celebrities movement to either Canada or elsewhere in the world if Trump gets elected. Both memes and this article have the same basis for their proof of media figures actually confirming their statements: none.

This last meme of Cyrus was posted on the official Fox News Facebook, with comments on the photo going from "Another reason to vote for Trump" from user Jeff Schreck to "I'm not a trump supporter. But is Miley Cyrus, whoopi Goldberg and Rosie o'donnel trying to turn me into one by promising to move to Canada if he wins?" from user Richard Warren. Coincidentally, Kurtz uses the example of Cyrus in his article, however, there is no actual, official, legitimate evidence cited towards her statement of moving to Canada. The most she's ever posted about it is on her Instagram where she also posts videos of herself wearing pimple cream and using Kim Kardashian "kimojis". Even then, she never cites Canada as her future home.

Although Kurtz article seems to have a bit of bias towards people that oppose Trump, he is correct when he states that certain opponents are actually convincing Americans to side with Trump. As is shown in the Facebook comments to Fox's Cyrus picture above, the vast majority of reactions to everyone's hatred towards the businessman seem to push more people towards him than against him.