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Only 3 percent of reports about Trump that aired on NBC and CBS were positive
Posted on 3/1/17 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 3/1/17 at 6:48 pm
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The early television news reviews of the Trump presidency are in and they are not good — not even on Fox News.
This is based on a new analysis by Media Tenor, an international, independent media research firm. Trained analysts examined 370 news stories about Donald Trump on the “NBC Nightly News,” “CBS Evening News” and Fox News “Special Report” between Jan. 20 and Feb. 17.
Why focus on these outlets? Although the audience for the evening national newscasts has shrunk, they consistently draw well over 20 million viewers and shape the political discourse on social media, local television news and elsewhere. Television news remains a highly important source of information among the citizens most likely to vote. Fox News has an especially devoted following among conservatives.
Here is what this analysis found. Only 3 percent of the reports about Trump that aired on NBC and CBS were positive, while 43 percent were negative and 54 percent were neutral.
On “Special Report,” the Fox News program that most closely resembles the evening network news, 25 percent of the reports about Trump were negative, compared with 12 percent positive and the remainder neutral. In other words, even the conservative-leaning Fox News featured twice as much bad press as good press.
The networks differed in their emphases. Fox News focused on personnel decisions in the new White House, and coverage of that issue area was more positive than negative by a ratio of 2 to 1. Another bright spot for Trump was Fox’s coverage of economic news: There was mostly positive coverage of the new president’s initiatives that are intended to strengthen the international competitiveness of U.S. business.
CBS and NBC focused more on Trump’s immigration policy and whether he was respecting U.S. constitutional norms such as separation of powers. Most of these news reports were far more negative than positive. But CBS and NBC coverage of Trump’s international diplomacy was more positive than negative, but there were fewer stories on that topic than on others.
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Posted on 3/1/17 at 6:49 pm to Bench McElroy
I'm surprised it was that high to be honest. Somebody is going to get fired for letting that 3% slip by.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 6:49 pm to Bench McElroy
Already discussed at length on here today.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 6:51 pm to Bench McElroy
Didn't need an independent study to know that.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 6:53 pm to Bamafan24
Thanks for posting. I've browsed all day and this is the first I've seen it. Thanks again.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 6:55 pm to Bench McElroy
Here's another number from CBS
Those 76% carry more weight at the polling booth than those 3% of a couple of bias news shows.
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CBS Poll... 76% Viewers strongly approve of Trump's speech to Congress
Those 76% carry more weight at the polling booth than those 3% of a couple of bias news shows.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:01 pm to Bench McElroy
I watched a couple of minutes of NBC's coverage right before Trump spoke. It was insane how negative it was towards Trump.
As Trump was making his way to the podium, Cuck Todd & Tom Brokaw had a quick exchange. One of them said, "The reception seems pretty good so far." The other one responded, "You have to remember. This is a body that even cheered Nixon."
And the media wonders why their Approval Rating is in the single digits.
As Trump was making his way to the podium, Cuck Todd & Tom Brokaw had a quick exchange. One of them said, "The reception seems pretty good so far." The other one responded, "You have to remember. This is a body that even cheered Nixon."
And the media wonders why their Approval Rating is in the single digits.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:02 pm to Bench McElroy
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In other words, even the conservative-leaning Fox News featured twice as much bad press as good press
That should tell you something about how well his presidency is going.
But I'm sure it's just that those damn Democrats at Fox news are being mean to trump
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:03 pm to Bench McElroy
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I posted it this morning and only got 4 responses. Didn't see any other thread about it. Needs to be repeated over and over again to document the sad state of the MSM.
I posted it this morning and only got 4 responses. Didn't see any other thread about it. Needs to be repeated over and over again to document the sad state of the MSM.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:06 pm to Bench McElroy
Even Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung published over 3% positive stories about Hitler.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:08 pm to Bench McElroy
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Only 3 percent of reports about Trump that aired on NBC and CBS were positive
So?
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:09 pm to Grim
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That should tell you something about how well his presidency is going.
Why should it? How journalists report and interpret what goes on is not indicative of competency, direction, or reception. That is not to say that criticism cannot be well deserved or neccessary, but I do not need a high-priest of information dissemination to tell me what goes on and how I should feel about it in today's age of mass information.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:23 pm to Bench McElroy
It's really amazing. The next logical thing would be to compare this to Obamas first 40 days in office in 2009 and see the insane disadvantage that Trump is dealing with.
Add to that Facebook (where most millennials get their news) and where NYT, CNN, WP, CBS news all let their bias flow even more openly.
Add to that Facebook (where most millennials get their news) and where NYT, CNN, WP, CBS news all let their bias flow even more openly.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:24 pm to HempHead
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How journalists report and interpret what goes on is not indicative of competency, direction, or reception
In general, I agree. But when the unashamedly right wing propaganda spewing news station has twice as many negative things to say than positive about a Republican president, that's probably a pretty good indicator that things are not going very smoothly
Posted on 3/1/17 at 8:43 pm to Bench McElroy
Pretty damning study - MSM is a joke.
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