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Covering President Trump

A POLITICO MAGAZINE Survey

As part of POLITICO MAGAZINEs annual Media Issue, we are surveying the White House press
corps for the fourth year in a rowthis time in the context of a new president who gets unparalleled
media attention yet has publicly attacked the press many times over since taking office. We hope
you can take a few minutes to answer these questions about an important moment in the history of
your beat. Well feature the results in our May/June print issue.

As in past years, your individual responses will remain anonymous, though we will identify you
by name as a participant in the survey; the exception is the set of five questions at the end of the
survey, which will be attributed to you by name if you choose to answer them. You do not need to
answer every question, but we encourage you to respond to as many as possible. Please submit your
responses by Monday, March 20, at 5 p.m. We look forward to hearing from you!

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First and last name:

News organization:

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***ANONYMOUS SECTION: Your individual answers to these questions will not be attributed
to you by name.***

A Bit About You

1. How old are you?

2. What is your gender?

3. How many presidents have you covered? (Trump counts as one.)

4. Which platform(s) do you publish on? You may pick more than one answer.
Web
Print
TV
Radio
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
 Snapchat
E-mail newsletter
Other:

5. What is your salary range?

Less than $50,000
$50,000-$100,000
$100,001-$200,000
More than $200,000

6. Are you registered with a political party? If so, which one?

Republican
Democratic
Independent
Other:
Not registered

The Trump Press Office

7. How often do you attend the White House press briefing?

Every time its held
Occasionally
Rarely
Never

8. On a scale from 1 (pointless) to 10 (essential), how useful do you find the daily briefings?

9. Do you think the daily press briefing should be televised?

Yes
No
Other:

10. On balance, do you think adding Skype questioners to the briefings has been a good change?
Yes
No
Its a wash.

11. On balance, do you think diversifying the press briefing by giving more questions to
nontraditional outlets has been a good change?
Yes
No
Its a wash.

12. Which White House aide is most helpful to journalists? Please pick one.
 Steve Bannon
Kellyanne Conway
Jessica Ditto
Boris Epshteyn
Hope Hicks
Jared Kushner
Stephen Miller
Sarah Sanders
Michael Short
Sean Spicer
Lindsay Walters
Other:

13. Which White House aide is least helpful to journalists? Please pick one.
Steve Bannon
Kellyanne Conway
Jessica Ditto
Boris Epshteyn
Hope Hicks
Jared Kushner
Stephen Miller
Sarah Sanders
Michael Short
Sean Spicer
Lindsay Walters
Other:

14. On a scale from 1 (pathetic) to 10 (flawless), how would you rate Sean Spicers performance
as press secretary so far?

15. How long do you predict Spicer will stay on as press secretary?
Hell be replaced this year.
Hell make it into 2018.
Hell serve the full first term.

16. On a scale from 1 (lame) to 10 (hilarious), how would you rate SNLs parody of Spicers
press briefings?

Donald Trump vs. the Press

17. On a scale from 1 (friendly) to 10 (outright hostile), how do you think the Trump
administration treats the media overall?

18. On a scale from 1 (friendly) to 10 (outright hostile), how do you think the Obama
 administration treated the media overall?

19. True or false: Trump is the most openly anti-press president in U.S. history.
True
False

20. On balance, are Trumps attacks against the media more of a distraction or a threat?
Distraction
Threat

21. Compared with past presidents you have covered, does the Trump White House offer more
or less access to the media?
More
Less
About the same
I havent covered past presidents.

22. Do you think Trump knows you by name?

Yes
No

23. Have you ever gotten a handwritten note from Trump himself about your work?
Yes
No
If so, would you be willing to send it to us for publication in the magazine?
Yes (send a photo/scan to mslattery@politico.com)
No

24. Have you ever been lied to by a member of the Trump administration?
Yes, constantly
Yes, occasionally
No
Not sure

25. Whats the most outrageous thing a Trump White House staffer has said to you or done in
your presence?

26. How often do you get complaints from the White House about your stories?
Nearly all the time
Often
Occasionally
Never

27. Do you communicate with White House officials through any encrypted apps? If so, which
ones do you use?
 Yes, with these apps:
No

Rating the Press

28. On a scale from 1 (hopelessly) to 10 (perfectly), how well do you think the press is covering
Trumps presidency overall?

29. Which outlet does the best job of covering Trump? Please name one.

30. Which reporter? Please name one.

31. On balance, do you think the medias coverage of Trumps presidency has been biased in his
favor, against him or not at all?
In favor
Against
Not biased either way

32. On a scale from 1 (not at all) to 10 (totally), to what extent do you think the Washington
press corps is disconnected from the rest of America?

33. Will your news organization attend the White House Correspondents Dinner this year?
Yes
No

34. Will you attend?

Yes
No

35. What do you think of Trumps decision not to attend the White House Correspondents
Dinner?
Approve
Disapprove
Dont care

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***ANSWERS FOR ATTRIBUTION: These answers, if you choose to provide them, will be
attributed to you by name.***

1. The White House story were not paying enough attention to is And the story were
paying too much attention to is

2. Which previous U.S. president does Trump most remind you of, and why?

3. When I hear the phrase fake news, I think

4. When Trump called the press the enemy of the American people, I thought

5. Which member of the Trump White House should SNL parody next, and who should play
the part?