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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...

CBS / NBC / Trump

October 12, 2016

Pros Split On Coverage of Trump PTSD Controversial Comments

By SUMMER BEDARD and BECCA KING Trump’s campaign regularly accuses the media of taking his comments out of context (see: immigration, abortion, kicking a baby out of a rally). But was that the case on Oct. 3 when NBC and CBS reported his remarks to veterans...

CBS / Clinton / Polls / Trump

October 5, 2016

Voices of the Voters, Not the Polls

On Sept. 27 CBS Evening News dedicated five whole minutes to the “Voices of Voters.” The ratio of Trump to Clinton voters was noticeably unbalanced. CBS correspondents went to debate-watch parties in three different cities. In Los Angeles, all attendees were Latino and none supported Donald Trump. CBS...

CBS / Clinton / Trump / Uncategorized

October 5, 2016

CBS Voter Panels: What’s Their Purpose?

The September 26 presidential debate arrived and finished with a bang. A record number of roughly 80 million tuned in. The next day the CBS Evening News incorporated and intriguing component: groups of voters. CBS devoted nearly half of its political coverage to the three groups of voters...

CBS / Clinton / NBC / Trump

October 4, 2016

Networks Divided on How to Fact Check

The Sept. 26 presidential debate demanded fact checking. It was unclear what the next day’s broadcasts would do. NBC responded with fifty-five seconds of fact checking inside another story. CBS had a whole story devoted to it. ABC avoided fact checking altogether. NBC’s Peter Alexander pointed...

Blog Post / NBC / Trump / Uncategorized

October 2, 2016

Did NBC News Miss the Trump Story?

On September 14 Donald Trump spoke at the Bethel United Methodist Church in Flint, Michigan. When he began criticizing Hillary Clinton, pastor Faith Green Timmons interrupted, asking him to focus on issues in Flint. ABC led its broadcast with the story. CBS did a story with its...

Blog Post / CBS / Clinton / Trump

September 21, 2016

Are the Issues Getting Lost?

“Now let’s clear the smoke,” said CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley. What he really meant was, let’s take a break from the attacks bouncing between campaigns, and let’s talk issues. Pelley used this line to lead into a section of CBS’s newscast that stood out...

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