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Mike Ciandella

Research Analyst
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Mike Ciandella was a research analyst for the MRC's News Analysis Division, and managed the MRC's Bias by the Minute project (BBTM). Bias by the Minute is an extensive database of evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS and NBC, stretching back to January 2015. By utilizing this database, Ciandella and other MRC analysts were able to release detailed studies on network media coverage. On top of this, BBTM also published studies looking at cable news coverage, timing out the coverage of various topics to the second. 

You can check out the full archive of Bias by the Minutes stories here: http://newsbusters.org/administrative/bias-minute


Latest Blogs

Syrian Dictator Assad Killed 13,000, Networks Ignore

Mike Ciandella
February 8th, 2017 4:16 PM

57X Coverage of Trump’s Temporary Ban v Obama Ending Wet Foot Dry Foot

Mike Ciandella
January 30th, 2017 1:24 PM

Nets Spend 12 Times More Coverage on Spicer Flap vs Obamacare Order

Mike Ciandella
January 23rd, 2017 2:50 PM

86 Seconds: Nets Barely Mention Obama Ending Wet Foot, Dry Foot

Mike Ciandella
January 13th, 2017 11:00 AM

Nets: 44 Minutes on ‘One of the Great Political Smears of All Time'

Mike Ciandella
January 11th, 2017 12:27 PM
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TV Sees 'Nepotism' in Trump Appointment, Ignored in '93 Hillary WH Job

Mike Ciandella
January 10th, 2017 5:51 PM

Washington Post Express Mixes Up Symbols for Men, Women

Mike Ciandella
January 5th, 2017 11:26 AM

57 Days Later, Broadcast News Hasn't Called Obama ‘Lame Duck’

Mike Ciandella
January 4th, 2017 11:31 AM

NBC: Subway Line Took 96 Yrs, ‘Proof Gov’t Can Still Do Big Things'

Mike Ciandella
December 30th, 2016 4:15 PM

SHE’S BAAAACK: Katie Couric to Return to Today Show

Mike Ciandella
December 30th, 2016 11:32 AM

2 Russian Hacks: 10 Times Coverage for the One Media Use to Bash Trump

Mike Ciandella
December 20th, 2016 11:43 AM

GOP Campaign Surrogate Uses MRC Study to Slap Down CNN President

Mike Ciandella
December 2nd, 2016 3:12 PM

Jill Stein Recount Effort Gets 12X Coverage of Her Entire Campaign

Mike Ciandella
November 28th, 2016 11:58 AM

CBS Correspondent: Trump’s Victory Shows Journalism’s 'Smugness'

Mike Ciandella
November 10th, 2016 12:15 PM

Journalists Celebrated Obama’s 2008 Victory, Mourned Trump’s 2016 Win

Mike Ciandella
November 9th, 2016 2:40 PM

Stein Supporter to MSNBC Reporter: ‘Don’t Listen to the Media’

Mike Ciandella
November 8th, 2016 2:05 PM

Study: TV News Systematically Ignores ObamaCare Failures

Mike Ciandella
October 28th, 2016 12:58 PM

CBS, NBC Give Mere Seconds to New WikiLeaks Revelations, ABC Ignores

Mike Ciandella
October 26th, 2016 2:53 PM

7 to 1: Trump Sex Scandals vs Hillary WikiLeaks Coverage

Mike Ciandella
October 13th, 2016 4:30 PM

Networks Cover for Hillary on Wikileaks, Ignore Mention of Journalists

Mike Ciandella
October 12th, 2016 5:35 PM