"Historic record audience for cable television!" One fine day, the lying media will regret me bitterly !!! ”
This angry tweet was published by Donald Trump on September 30, the day after his first debate with Joe Biden.
It perfectly illustrates the complex relationship between the White House and the media world over the past four years.
On the one hand, a president who daily criticizes
“fake news media”
,
unheard
of in the United States;
on the other, newspapers and news channels which have emerged from this standoff, with audiences and a level of subscriptions at the top.
To read also:
"Bias", "radicalized", "illegible": are the American media in an anti-Trump escalation?
Fox News, but also MSNBC or CNN have never been better than during this highly unpredictable tenure.
"Trump has given us new importance,"
blows a presenter at
Vanity Fair
.
"We never thought we would have such audiences in 2020."
The book world has also benefited from the "Trump effect", which began in 2018 with the 1.4 million copies sold in one week.
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 78% left to discover.
Subscribe: 1 € the first month
Can be canceled at any time
Enter your email
Already subscribed?
Log in