A new poll shows that about 6 in 10 Americans say they avoid news about President Trump. [View all]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5856032-americans-avoid-trump-news/


The Media Insight Project survey released Wednesday found that 31 percent of respondents often actively avoid news stories about Trump, and 32 percent say they sometimes avoid Trump news.

Eighteen percent of those polled say they rarely avoid news stories about the president, while 17 percent say they never skip news stories about Trump.

Republicans are most likely to consume news about Trump, with 25 percent saying they rarely skip Trump stories and 24 percent saying they never avoid reporting on the president. But 33 percent say they occasionally skip news stories focused on Trump, and 17 percent say they often avoid Trump news.

“His fights with other people, his arguments — I don’t bother with that anymore,” 62-year-old Nicole Pratt of Torrance, Calif., told The Associated Press.

She told the outlet that she supports some aspects of the administration but has chosen to read less news, which she said she views as the president’s narcissism.

“It’s like, I have other things to do,” she said to the AP.