Press coverage of Trump in first month of office: 88 percent ‘hostile,’ says new study

The Washington Times ^ | 03/02/2017 | Jennifer Harper

[ForYourChildren]

There was no press honeymoon for President Trump during his first month in office. A meticulous new study by the Media Research Center finds that 88 percent of the broadcast news coverage of Mr. Trump and his team was “hostile” during the first 30 days of office.

The coverage was intense and plentiful. The study, which analyzed both tone and content for evening newscasts on ABC, NBC and CBS, found that the “Big Three” networks produced 16 hours of coverage on the new president and his staff. That is over half — 54 percent — of their total coverage for the month.

“Our measure of media tone excludes soundbites from identified partisans, focusing instead on tallying the evaluative statements made by reporters and the nonpartisan talking heads (experts and average citizens) included in their stories,” write Rich Noyes, research director for the conservative press watchdog, and fellow analyst Mike Ciandella.

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[TYVets]

The elites of both the democrats & republicans are running scared.

They are afraid of Trump exposing their corruption?

[China Clipper]

My newspaper, AKA "the local rag" gives more like a 100% Trump-negative report. Always ALWAYS places a negative spin on Mr Trump.

My renewal came up yesterday.

Guess what? Yup, they are gonna get NUTHIN', and a nasty follow up "retort" when they callback to "ask me why I stopped paying for their newspaper". I am going to exercise my options, and look at the big city paper instead.

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[Ciexyz]

Bind their hands, Lord. Bind their hands.

[markomalley]

Fake news. We all know it’s at least 93% negative.

[TigersEye]

#FakeNews

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