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According to a report from the Media Research Center, former President Donald Trump’s coverage from ABC, NBC, and CBS has been 85% negative while Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris has enjoyed 78% positive coverage.
MRC is calling coverage of the 2024 candidates “the most lopsided in history.”
“The difference in coverage between the two candidates is far greater than in 2016, when both Trump and then-challenger Hillary Clinton received mostly negative coverage (91% negative for Trump, vs. 79% negative for Clinton). It’s even greater than in 2020, when Joe Biden was treated to 66 percent positive coverage, vs. 92 percent negative for Trump,” MRC reports.
From Fox News:
MRC reported that ABC, CBS and NBC have spent more than 200 minutes of airtime, most of it negative, harping on controversies surrounding Trump while glossing over or, in many cases, outright ignoring controversies related to Harris – such as plagiarism accusations and allegations surrounding her husband, Doug Emhoff.
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Analysts reviewed more than 600 segments about the presidential race that aired on ABC, CBS or NBC beginning on the day President Biden suspended his candidacy in late July, through October 25.
After weeks of glowing coverage for Harris as the Democratic nominee, the three networks seemingly changed their tone following the debate between Harris and Trump in September, the MRC analysts found.
“The networks shifted attention away from Harris, spending significantly more airtime targeting Trump,” the report reads.
“From the date Harris entered the race on July 21 through September 10, she received 353 minutes of network evening news coverage, virtually identical to the 355 minutes given Trump during the same period. Since then, however, TV has focused nearly twice as much attention on Trump as Harris: 398 minutes for the former President, compared to just 230 minutes for the Vice President,” the study found.
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Coverage of Trump, Harris in presidential race ‘most lopsided in history,’ 85% negative for Trump: report https://t.co/yc8Lq9o6C1
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