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March 8, 2017

CBS Claims Trump Is at the End of His Fuse

The Feb. 16 CBS Evening News characterization of President Trump’s whirlwind press conference was unique. “Today we learned the length of the president’s fuse—28 days.” –@ScottPelley weighs in on @POTUS’ press conference https://t.co/HOjG2HJ8AN pic.twitter.com/f1YzKmxhNW — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 16, 2017 “Today we learned the...

ABC / CBS / NBC / Trump

March 2, 2017

ABC Compares Trump Deportations to Obama’s

ABC and CBS covered the deportations around the country after President Trump took office. They each focused on the same woman, but the stories they told were very different. In its Feb. 9 broadcast, CBS featured Guadalupe García de Rayos, a Mexican immigrant living in Phoenix before...

ABC / NBC

February 28, 2017

Only NBC, ABC include Democrats’ Response

On Feb. 13, NBC opened with two stories involving national security. The first questioned whether then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn broke federal law in late December by discussing possible sanctions against Russia from the Obama administration with a Russian ambassador. The second showed Donald Trump and...

ABC / Trump / WikiLeaks

February 27, 2017

ABC calls out Trump’s contradiction on leaks

On Feb. 15, CBS and NBC highlighted President Trump’s praise of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, despite his recent firing amid controversy. This issue was over his contact with the Russian ambassador before Inauguration Day. The networks pointed out Trump’s blame of the media for...

ABC / Blog Post / CBS / Clinton / Election Watch / NBC / The Anatomy of a Failure / Trump

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...

ABC / CBS / Election Watch / NBC / Trump

November 25, 2016

Trump Condemnation Of Church Fire Not Covered By All Networks

On Nov. 1 when a historically black church in Greenville, Mississippi, was set on fire, it made national headlines. The words “Vote Trump” had been spray painted onto the outside. The next day all three networks had limited coverage. There were key differences. ABC only showed...

ABC / Election Watch

November 22, 2016

ABC: The Network That Cried ‘Bombshell’

In its Oct. 28 broadcast ABC characterized FBI Director James Comey’s original letter to Congress as a game-changing stunner — a “bombshell” that could alter the course of the race with just 11 days to go. Covering the Clinton campaign’s reaction, ABC’s Cecelia Vega said the...

ABC / Blog Post / Graphics / NBC / Polls / Trump

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...

ABC / CBS / NBC / WikiLeaks

November 7, 2016

Can Networks Cover WikiLeaks but Not Russian Hacking?

CBS has covered Russian hacking more than once following the Oct. 19 presidential debate, when Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton had no idea who was behind cyber attacks against the United States. On Oct. 20, CBS reported that the same Russian-linked hackers who had targeted other...

ABC / CBS / NBC

November 4, 2016

Is ABC Ignoring the Big Picture?

The final stretch of a presidential race can be chaotic, as last-minute polls can change how people view the election. ABC, NBC and CBS have to cover those polls carefully to avoid the false impression that the race has shifted dramatically just days before Election Day....

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