Donald Trump knows he screwed up by trying to collude with the Russian government to affect the 2016 election (and yes, I think he ordered all of the attempts at collusion). Since he cannot fall back on the truth, he is taking a different course in an attempt to saving his presidency -- he's attacking the media. He wants Americans to believe the media made up the story about Russian collusion ("fake news") and is just spreading it because they don't like him.
But a majority of Americans aren't buying his lies -- his attempt to shift the blame for his own activities onto the media. About 51% say the "Russia story" is NOT fake news, while only 35% say it is. And the public trusts all of the major national media outlets (CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, NY Times, and Washington Post) more than they trust Trump. Trust for FOX was not as high as for other media (provably because most recognize that it is propaganda -- not news), but it still outranked Trump.
These charts use information contained in a new Public Policy Polling survey -- done between February 9th and 11th of a random national sample of 687 registered voters, with a margin of error of 3.7 points.
