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Harvard Study Reveals Huge Extent Of Anti-Trump Media
Bias
Posted at ZeroHedge
5/19/17
Via HeatSt.com, [4]
A major new study out of Harvard University has
revealed the true extent of the mainstream
media’s bias against Donald Trump.
Academics at the Shorenstein Center on Media,
Politics and Public Policy analyzed
coverage from Trump’s first 100 days in
office across 10 major TV and print outlets.
They found that the tone of some outlets was
negative in as many as 98% of reports [5],
significantly more hostile than the first
100 days of the three previous
administrations:
[6]
The academics based their study on seven US
outlets and three European ones.
In America they analyzed CNN, NBC, CBS, Fox
News, the New York Times, the Washington
Post and the Wall Street
Journal.
They also took into account the BBC, the UK’s
Financial Times and the German public broadcaster
ARD.
Every outlet was negative more often than positive.
Only Fox News, which features some of Trump’s
most enthusiastic supporters and is often
given special access to the President,
even came close to positivity.
Fox was ranked 52% negative and 48% positive. -
"Fair and Balanced" indeed.
The study also divided news items across topics.
On immigration, healthcare, and Russia,
more than 85% of reports were
negative.
On the economy, the proportion was more
balanced – 54% negative to 46% positive:
[7]
The study highlighted one exception: Trump
got overwhelmingly positive coverage for
launching a cruise missile attack on Syria.
Around 80% of all reports were positive about that.
The picture was very different for other recent
administrations. The study found that President
Obama’s first 100 days got a good write-up overall
– with 59% of reports positive.
Bill Clinton and George W Bush got overall
negative coverage, it found, but to a much lesser
extent than Trump. Clinton’s first 100 days got
40% positivity, while Bush’s got 43%:
[8]
Trump has repeatedly claimed that his treatment by
the media is unprecedented in its hostility.
This study suggests that, at least when it comes
to recent history, he’s right.
Source URL:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-19/harvard-study-reveals-huge-extent-anti-trump-media-bias
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