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November 3, 2016

Saturday Night Live: Fair Game for Network News

NBC’s Saturday Night Live (SNL) writers are having a field day with the 2016 presidential election. Now the show’s satire is creeping into network news coverage. ABC’s Oct. 24 evening news led with Trump’s declaration he’s winning despite the polls. ABC first highlighted Trump’s difficulties staying...

ABC / CBS / NBC

November 2, 2016

CBS Goes a Step Further with Coverage of Tight Senate Race

This year, Democrats are close to retaking the Senate. One network’s coverage of the Senate race has gone a step further than the other two. On Oct. 26, CBS aired a nearly two-minute story on the Indiana Senate race. The piece followed Democrat and former senator Evan...

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...

ABC / CBS / NBC / Trump

October 31, 2016

To Cover or Not to Cover Melania Trump

More than one week after the release of the 2005 Access Hollywood tape, Melania Trump broke her silence. For ABC and NBC her Oct. 17 interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper was major news. CBS ignored it totally. Which network was right? ABC’s David Muir began with...

ABC / Polls / Trump / Uncategorized / Undecided Voters

October 31, 2016

Fraudulent Fraud Claims

Trump’s claims of voter fraud have populated network coverage this week. Top Republicans have voiced concern that Trump won’t accept defeat if he loses the election. All three networks showed Trump repeating his claim at multiple speeches, but the similarities end here. CBS and NBC...

ABC / Blog Post / CBS / Clinton / NBC / Polls / Trump

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...

ABC / Blog Post / CBS / Clinton / NBC

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...

ABC / CBS / NBC / Trump

October 17, 2016

Trump’s Demeaning Words: Not Made for Evening News

A video of the 2005 conversation between Donald Trump and Access Hollywood host Billy Bush dominated coverage Oct. 7. It is unusual for networks to present profanity-laced language from a major party’s presidential nominee. But that is what CBS, NBC, and ABC had to do — and they all did...

ABC / CBS / NBC

October 4, 2016

Minor Party Candidates, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, Left Out of ABC Broadcast

On Sept. 16, voters learned Gary Johnson and Jill Stein did not qualify for the Sept. 26 debate. CBS and NBC reported the news in fewer than 20 seconds. Scott Pelley for CBS: “None of the minor party candidates made the cut for the first debate....

ABC / Blog Post / Graphics / NBC / Polls

October 3, 2016

ABC Mixes Polls and Makes Clinton Look Better

In the wake of the New York bombing, ABC and NBC both reported polling data Sept. 19 on how voters thought presidential candidates would handle terrorism. Both networks had the same data but showed different results. If you watched ABC, Hillary Clinton seemed like the favored candidate:...

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