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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

Aetna Pulls Out of ObamaCare: ABC, NBC Ignore

Mike Ciandella
May 11th, 2017 12:53 PM

When ObamaCare Passed House, Media Said It Was ‘Historic,’ ‘Milestone’

Mike Ciandella
May 5th, 2017 7:00 PM

Scarborough Smears: I’m Not Saying Trump Has Dementia, But…

Mike Ciandella
May 2nd, 2017 12:44 PM

Ex-CNN Anchor: More Ideology in Today’s Media

Mike Ciandella
May 1st, 2017 11:30 AM

Media Hype Trump’s Low Approval Numbers, Hide Their Own Much Lower One

Mike Ciandella
April 28th, 2017 9:53 AM

MRC’s Noyes Discusses Latest Trump Coverage Study on Fox and Friends

Mike Ciandella
April 24th, 2017 5:14 PM

The President They Want: CNN, MSNBC Give Heavy Coverage to Obama Event

Mike Ciandella
April 24th, 2017 2:27 PM

FLASHBACK: Media Gushed Over Obama’s First 100 Days

Mike Ciandella
April 19th, 2017 9:41 AM

Honeymoon from Hell: The Liberal Media vs. President Trump

Rich Noyes and Mike Ciandella
April 19th, 2017 9:16 AM
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NBC’s Welker Hypes Gorsuch Plagiarism Charges Before Debunking Them

Mike Ciandella
April 5th, 2017 12:11 PM
Video

MSNBC Slashes Trump Kids as ‘Uday and Qusay'

Mike Ciandella
April 4th, 2017 12:19 PM
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Former Obama Official Tries to Backtrack After Implying Intel Leaks

Mike Ciandella
March 30th, 2017 11:28 AM

Nets Race to Declare 'Embarrassing,' 'Stinging Defeat' for Trump

Mike Ciandella
March 27th, 2017 4:58 PM

BBC: White House Treats Women Like Saudi Arabia

Mike Ciandella
March 25th, 2017 1:30 PM
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Nets Demand Evidence 123 Times, Scold Nunes for Giving It

Mike Ciandella
March 23rd, 2017 6:13 PM

Nets Spend 20 Mins on Trump Taxes: ‘What Is It He’s Trying to Hide?'

Mike Ciandella
March 15th, 2017 12:05 PM

FLASHBACK! In March 2009, Journalists Loved Obama’s Health Care Plan

Mike Ciandella
March 8th, 2017 12:09 PM

Freak Out! Nets Spend 107 Mins on Trump Wiretapping Tweet

Mike Ciandella and Rich Noyes
March 7th, 2017 12:03 PM

HYPOCRISY: 7X More Coverage for Sessions Debacle than Holder Contempt

Mike Ciandella and Rich Noyes
March 3rd, 2017 4:36 PM

TV News vs. President Trump: The First 30 Days

Rich Noyes and Mike Ciandella
March 2nd, 2017 8:15 AM