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March 9, 2017

President Trump Confronts the Black Reporter

President Trump’s exchange with a black reporter during his lengthy press conference on Feb. 16 raised questions about his conduct. Reporter April Ryan asked Trump whether he planned to include the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) in conversations about his urban agenda. Trump responded: “Do you want...

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March 9, 2017

ABC focuses on Trump’s cost to taxpayers, highlights hypocrisy

On Feb. 17 ABC did a three-minute story focusing on how much Trump is costing taxpayers. ABC’s Mary Bruce reported directly from Mar-a-lago, President Donald Trump’s weekend home in Florida. Bruce noted Trump’s previous criticism of Obama’s numerous vacations and golf sessions. However, she pointed out, this was...

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December 12, 2016

Anatomy of a Failure

Bottom line in the 2016 election: journalists missed the story. From start to finish serious journalists failed to grasp and report Donald Trump’s pull. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour put it this way: We have to accept that we’ve had our lunch handed to us… … The winning...

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November 22, 2016

Should the Electoral Map Make Bigger Headlines Than National Polls?

With Donald Trump gaining ground on Hillary Clinton in some national polls, the race seemed headed to a tossup. However, that’s not what the electoral map showed. On Nov. 2, ABC and NBC explained the electoral map and Trump’s possible path to the presidency. ABC led...

Blog Post / CBS

November 13, 2016

CBS features voter opinions, doesn’t represent reality

CBS stood out last week by focusing heavily on individual voter opinions in battleground states. In its series “Closing Arguments” on Oct. 31, CBS featured voters in Pennsylvania, where Hillary Clinton was up 48 to 40, according to a CBS News Tracker poll. The segment showed...

ABC / Blog Post / CBS / WikiLeaks

November 1, 2016

ABC Skips WikiLeaks Story on When President Obama Knew of Clinton’s Private Server

As WikiLeaks continued to drip hacked emails from Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta’s Gmail account, CBS and NBC covered the latest developments on Oct. 25 — but not ABC. The emails in question were from top aide Cheryl Mills to Podesta after President Obama said in...

Blog Post / CBS / Clinton / NBC

October 31, 2016

Same Story, Two Networks: CBS, NBC Differ on Arizona Republic Story

After the Arizona Republic endorsed a democratic presidential candidate for the first time in its 126-year history, outraged readers launched death threats at the paper’s staff. On Oct. 17, as part of a package about rising tensions in the elections, NBC devoted 20 seconds to the threats. Mi-Ai...

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October 28, 2016

Networks Hint Hillary Clinton Will Win Election

When does discussing polls turn away voters? For two weeks, CBS’s Scott Pelley has said no candidate has recovered from being so far behind in polls this close to the election as Donald Trump. On Oct. 18, the day before the final presidential debate, NBC’s political director, Chuck...

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October 20, 2016

Do Clinton campaign emails on WikiLeaks warrant extensive network coverage?

When WikiLeaks released thousands of emails hacked from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, they consumed a good deal of broadcast time from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12. Most were related to campaign discussion about how to present their candidate favorably. Are they worth all the coverage? Consider some of...

Blog Post / CBS

October 14, 2016

CBS uses Clinton attack ad to challenge Mike Pence’s facts

By SEEMA VITHLANI, BARRETT GOLDBERG, ALEX GREEN, HALLIE MILLER and PABLO ROA When can networks air a candidate’s commercial in their news? CBS did so Oct. 5 when it showed an advertisement from Hillary Clinton’s campaign that fact-checked what Republican Mike Pence said during the vice presidential debate....

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