Much as they were four years ago, the Big Three evening newscasts continue to be obsessed with Donald Trump. According to Newsbusters, the network newscasts on ABC, CBS and NBC pounding Trump incessantly with highly-negative coverage.
However, the networks’ fixation on Trump left comparatively little airtime for his would-be presidential challengers.
From June 1 through August 31, MRC analysts found the networks devoted 838 minutes of airtime — nearly 14 hours — to coverage of President Trump personally, the vast majority of which was negative. (Note: This report only examines coverage of Trump himself, not generic stories about his administration’s activities or those of other top-ranking officials, which accounted for an additional 213 minutes of evening news airtime.)
The airtime devoted to Trump was eleven times greater than that spent on the leading Democratic candidate.
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| Source: Media Research Center |
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