Author: Jon Mednick

On April 13, CBS and NBC ran stories trying to sum up the Trump presidency through the first 84 days. NBC placed a priority on Trump’s forceful military tactics. CBS focused on his early reversal on several issues. “About two weeks before the election, candidate Donald...

On April 3, a day after President Trump commented on confronting North Korea, NBC featured reports of increasing tensions between North Korea and the United States. NBC led with a report from an American base in South Korea that showed how the U.S. is preparing for...

On Wednesday, Mar. 29 CBS followed its story on Russian meddling in the election by showing an unusually long exchange between Sean Spicer and CBS reporter Major Garrett regarding Rep. Devin Nunes’s meeting in the White House. “Do you have any information, to live up to...

Does the evening news have a responsibility to analyze the most complicated stories? On Monday, Mar. 6, all three networks covered President Trump’s claims that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower. Legal surveillance requires a secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) order. A FISA warrant for Trump...