By GABRIELA SANTOS<\/p>\n
The long-awaited Senate Intelligence Committee hearing has come and gone but the impact it has left on the country will sure to stay. In a way not seen since Watergate, the event drew in people from all walks of life to stop and watch ex-FBI Director James Comey\u2019s testimony on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Americans all over the country filled bars, clubs, airports and restaurants just to sit and listen to the testimonial.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were recordings, there were memos made, a paper trail created I think it tells a lot about the trust that not only the American public should have in Trump but his own administration,\u201d Alicia Gosford, who watched and told local New Haven, Conn., news station WTNH.<\/p>\n
The news media are clearly divided over what Comey\u2019s testimonials could mean for Trump, and the American people are no different.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it was definitely good for President Trump, with the only exception being Comey\u2019s points about Trump \u2018lying\u2019 about his character,\u201d Chris Jones, a marketing executive from Redding, Conn., told Fox News.<\/p>\n
It truly boils down to where you stand on the political spectrum. The more liberal stations like CNN, MSNBC, etc., seem to draw up a general consensus that the hearing will have a negative impact for Trump in the coming weeks. News outlets like FOX, on the other hand, seem optimistic that these hearings will amount to nothing.<\/p>\n
That being said, when polled Americans overwhelmingly believe that Comey\u2019s firing had to do with the fact that the FBI investigation would \u201churt\u201d Trump. According to a FOX News poll, 79 percent of people agree with this while 29 percent believe that he was \u201churting\u201d the FBI.<\/p>\n
The news media bias in this case is strong, but I believe only time will tell what the facts really are, that is, if the ever come out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By GABRIELA SANTOS The long-awaited Senate Intelligence Committee hearing has come and gone but the impact it has left on the country will sure to stay. In a way not seen since Watergate, the event drew in people from all … Continue reading