Combative Trump Newser Gets Total Coverage

Screenshot of NY Times Website Wednesday morning

In a jaw dropping spectacle in the lobby of Trump Tower on Tuesday, the President went off on the media while ranting about his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend.

According to Newsbusters, Trump stepped in it when he appeared to defend the alt-right and double1d down on his original comments from Saturday. The presentation was originally supposed to be the unveiling of an infrastructure proposal that would overhaul the system.

Defiant Donald Trump

The Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) could not get enough of Trump’s fiery and furious tirade as he went to battle with the press. And their evening news broadcasts later that day were commanded by the coverage of Trump. Minus their commercials and teasers, the total air time the networks set aside for all their news coverage combined was 58 minutes and 38 seconds. Of that total time, they spent 45 minutes and 31 seconds on Trump’s wild press conference (77.6 percent).

Newsbusters says the coverage was absolutely pervasive on CBS Evening News where they dedicated all 21 minutes and 13 seconds of total news time to the Trump show. That’s right, they used 100 percent of their air time to talk about what Trump said or tie racism back to him in someway. Nothing else was talked about from the whole wide world of news.

On NBC Nightly News, their total news time was 18 minutes and 49 seconds. They came in second with their total Trump press conference coverage lasting 13 minutes and 18 seconds (70 percent). That means they only gave five minutes and 31 seconds to all the other possible stories to cover.