Even As Media Whine About Trump, Hostile Coverage Shows No Let Up

Rich Noyes
December 12th, 2017 1:15 PM
As yesterday’s throwdown in the White House press room made clear, relations between the President and the press corps are as bad as they have ever been during the Trump administration. But as the Media Research Center has been documenting all year, the media have approached the Trump presidency with unrelenting hostility. Our latest numbers show that coverage of Trump on the ABC, CBS and NBC…
 

Accused Congressman Tells ABC Pelosi Knew of Charges: Coverage=Zero

Mike Ciandella
December 6th, 2017 4:59 PM
NBC News still hasn’t reported on the sexual harassment accusations against Democratic Congressman Ruben Kihuen, but ABC took things a step farther. ABC isn’t just ignoring Kihuen: the network buried its own bombshell scoop on him. In an interview with ABC News Congressional Correspondent Mary Bruce that was posted on the network’s website but never made the cut for television, Kihuen accused…
 

The Sex-Harassing Dem Congressman ABC and NBC Won’t Tell You About

Mike Ciandella
December 5th, 2017 12:49 PM
If even Nancy Pelosi thinks that sexual harassment accusations against sitting Democratic Congressman Ruben Kihuen are serious enough that he should resign, why haven’t ABC and NBC covered them at all? Kihuen has been accused of making multiple sexual advances towards a campaign staffer in 2016 without her consent, including touching the staffer’s thighs. According to the accuser’s interview…
 

Study: Documenting TV’s Partisan Tilt in Sex Scandal News

Rich Noyes
December 4th, 2017 11:14 AM
Both Republicans and Democrats have faced serious allegations of sexual misconduct, but in the month of November, ABC, CBS and NBC spent twice as much time telling viewers about the Republicans’ problems. Nearly two-thirds of this coverage (4 hours, 27 minutes) focused on Republican politicians, compared to 2 hours, 6 minutes spent on the Democrats, a greater than two-to-one disparity.
 

UPDATE: 125 Minutes for GOP Scandal, Barely 2 for Democrat’s Trial

Rich Noyes
November 13th, 2017 2:22 PM

For the past four days, the establishment media have provided intensive coverage of the scandal involving Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, with reporters repeating the damning accusations against the candidate and the “mounting pressure” for Moore to quit the race. The media’s reaction to Moore makes their double standard on scandals all the more glaring: Since early September, a…

 

Media Double Standard: Coverage For Moore, Near Silence For Menendez

Mike Ciandella
November 10th, 2017 10:57 AM
If there was any doubt about the liberal media's double-standard when it comes to policing politicians' character, the last 24 hours have made it clear: All three networks have given heavy coverage to the serious accusations against a Republican Senate candidate, while the ongoing federal trial of a Democratic Senator has been largely hidden from view.
 

Study: CNN’s Failure to Cover Democrat’s Corruption Trial

Mike Ciandella
November 7th, 2017 12:58 PM
After 62 days of testimony, closing arguments and now jury deliberations, CNN has only managed to devoted a paltry 36 minutes out of their 24/7 news broadcast to the corruption trial of sitting Democratic Senator Bob Menendez. But even CNN’s lack of coverage isn’t as bad as the broadcast networks. The evening shows of ABC, CBS and NBC have yet to cover the trial at all.
 
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ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/MSNBC/PBS Drop the Ball on Clinton/Uranium Scandal

Geoffrey Dickens
November 2nd, 2017 11:04 AM
Beginning on October 17, The Hill broke new stories on the Clinton/Russia/Uranium scandal that deserved extensive coverage. And while Fox News Channel has thoroughly covered the breaking developments they’ve been, unfortunately, the exception and not the rule in TV news. From October 17 through November 2 The Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks have devoted a piddly 4 minutes and 38 seconds to the…
 

Mueller-Focused Evening Shows Still Haven’t Covered Bob Menendez Trial

Mike Ciandella
October 31st, 2017 2:02 PM
ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows have not reported on the corruption trial of Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez at all since September 6 when the trial began. The Senator from New Jersey is charged with accepting bribes from a wealthy friend in exchange for political favors.
 

Bias: 1,000 Minutes for Trump/Russia vs. 20 Seconds for Hillary/Russia

Rich Noyes
October 25th, 2017 11:27 AM
Here’s one top takeaway from network news coverage in 2017: Sneaky Russian influence in American politics is a huge story if it involves Republicans/Donald Trump, but a non-story if it involves Democrats/Hillary Clinton. From January 20 through October 20, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts have aired 1,000 minutes of coverage of the Trump/Russia/collusion conspiracy theories; since The Hill…
 

CNN: After 7 Days, Only 4 Minutes On Clinton Uranium Scandal

Mike Ciandella
October 24th, 2017 1:12 PM

For the first seven days after The Hill published startling new information about the Clinton/Russia/Uranium scandal, the 24-hour cable news giant CNN had produced less than five minutes (3 minutes, 54 seconds) of actual news coverage about the case. In fact, from the morning of October 17 through the morning of October 24, CNN's reporters and anchors only mentioned the scandal twice.

 

Networks Blast Trump Over End to Subsidies, Hide Their Illegality

Rich Noyes
October 17th, 2017 9:06 AM
On Friday and over the weekend, ABC, CBS and NBC reacted with their typical anti-Trump fervor to the President’s decision to end federal subsidies of insurance companies through ObamaCare, but only a meager portion of broadcast news coverage — barely three percent — tipped viewers off to the fact those payments were unconstitutional in the first place.
 
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Exploiting Vegas: Nets Advance Anti-Gun Agenda 5 to 1

Geoffrey Dickens
October 16th, 2017 9:32 AM
In the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting massacre, the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks wasted little time in exploiting the tragedy to advance their anti-gun rights agenda. In just six days (October 2 through October 8) of coverage, the networks filled their evening and morning show programs with statements favoring gun control over gun rights by a ratio of roughly 5 to 1. 
 

Prosecution Rests in Dem Senator Corruption Case, But CNN Dozes

Mike Ciandella
October 12th, 2017 12:33 PM
The prosecution rested on October 11 in the corruption trial of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez. Yet, with a whole day of reporting to work with, CNN has only mentioned this story for a total of five minutes on 2 shows. On October 11, The Lead With Jake Tapper gave the story 3 minutes and 9 seconds of coverage. Tapper was the only anchor to cover the story the day that the prosecution rested,…