Trump Jurors Reveal Where They Get Their News – Pay Attention to Jurors No. 2 and 4
It’s not quite like The New York Times is putting former President Donald Trump on trial. But it is the lens through which the vast majority of jurors see the world. The Times reported on the media preference of jurors…
It’s not quite like The New York Times is putting former President Donald Trump on trial.
But it is the lens through which the vast majority of jurors see the world.
The Times reported on the media preference of jurors chosen for the trial of former President Donald Trump on charges he falsified business records in connection with payments made in 2016.
Aside from vast domination by the Times, which was mentioned as a prime news source by eight of the 12 jurors and five of the six alternates, there were some jurors who took their news from less anti-Trump sources. Given the need for a unanimous verdict, the media preferences could be a sign that unanimity might be hard to achieve, unless the prosecution proves its case.
Juror 2, for example, follows Truth Social and X, both social media sites.
Juror 4 indicated he or she tunes out all of the media listed.
The importance of the media preference was noted by the Times.
“With limited information about the jury pool, what a prospective juror reveals about what they read, watch and listen to can signal their political leanings,” the Times reported.