Harvard Study Reveals Huge Extent of Anti-Trump Media Bias

[Ironsmith29]

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/harv...mp-media-bias/

[wesleysh21]

I must be asleep during the 7% of positive coverage of Trump on CNN. Maybe neutral would be a better way to grade it?

[ack33]

I must be asleep during the 7% of positive coverage of Trump on CNN. Maybe neutral would be a better way to grade it?

Maybe they're counting when CNN does those round table discussions and they have 10 anti-Trump people on the panel including the host and 1 Trump supporter

[Jrd86]

Pretty much confirms what we all knew. Whats funny is how balanced fox has actually been. Yet ppl gripe about fox being too pro-trump. These ppl will never be satisfied. If most stations cared about their credibility theyd look a lot more like fox news when it comes to covering this president.

[recedingjaw]

Man lands on moon.

Only straight partisan hacks believe the media has been fair

[seven11]

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/harv...mp-media-bias/

He has done a lot of unpopular things. Maybe there is a correlation between network popularity and his actions. Also, what are his popularity ratings among political groups?

[SillieBazzillie]

So when you say and do stupid, unlikable things, the media will cover you negatively? I'm shocked by this.

[HockeyBacon18]

someone wanna cliff

[waias15]

So when you say and do stupid, unlikable things, the media will cover you negatively? I'm shocked by this.

where was this when Obama was in office??

[7rmr]

This might be difficult for Trumpers to understand, but negative coverage isn't proof of bias.

The fact you constantly do stupid things and the media reports on it does not make the media biased against you.

[MojoTheMonkey]

It took a genius to figure this out?

I want to apply for a grant for my ground breaking study 'Is Water Wet?' followed by 'Where do bears chit?' and last but not least 'If the pope is a religious man what religion is it?'.

[7rmr]

where was this when Obama was in office??

It's almost like Obamas presidency didn't just swing from one self inflicted wound to the next.

[hublife]

I must be asleep during the 7% of positive coverage of Trump on CNN. Maybe neutral would be a better way to grade it?

Maybe they're counting commercials?

[recedingjaw]

It's almost like Obamas presidency didn't just swing from one self inflicted wound to the next.

This right here boys is what I'm talking about. Ignorance beyond belief and blind partisanship. There is no getting through to these people just like there's no getting through to hardcore Trumpers. Both sides are just as bad as the other.

The media has the ability to cherrypick what they wish to report on. You can go to youtube and see Trump's weekly address for what they have or are trying to accomplish. We almost NEVER see this reported on. What we do see on CNN is constant discussion about Trump's supposed scandals that never end up going anywhere (aka nothing burgers).

[BullittEV]

It's almost like Obamas presidency didn't just swing from one self inflicted wound to the next.

Location: Canada

Signature: Anti-Trump rhetoric

Cmon man... even if you were a US citizen i'd still ask you how this affects your life so badly, but as a Canadian citizen.. uwotm8?

back to the topic: Liberals cant use logic due to blind hatred of a man. lmfao- you cant even refute the fact that if it were true and he's the worst person in the world like you say he is, then the media coverage wouldn't be such a wide spectrum. Do we really need to post videos of CNN/WP literally making news up? Haven't we already done this 100x?

You're allowed to disagree with Trump's policies and be objective at the same time- try it. Seriously the left is becoming full on tribal- doesn't matter what happens as long as they are considered right. Fuk the facts presented to your face like this study, right?

[TranceNRG]

Here's the study:
https://shorensteincenter.org/news-c...first-100-days

Here's an important section that you probably didn't read. In fact, I assume, most of you didn't bother to read the actual research.

What’s truly atypical about Trump’s coverage is that it’s sharply negative despite the fact that he’s the source of nearly two-thirds of the sound bites surrounding his coverage. Typically, newsmakers and groups complain that their media narrative is negative because they’re not given a chance to speak for themselves. Over the past decade, U.S. coverage of Muslims has been more than 75 percent negative. And Muslims have had little chance to tell their side of the story. Muslims account for less than 5 percent of the voices heard in news reports about Islam. So why is Trump’s coverage so negative even though he does most of the talking? The fact is, he’s been on the defensive during most of his 100 days in office, trying to put the best face possible on executive orders, legislative initiatives, appointments, and other undertakings that have gone bad. Even Fox has not been able to save him from what analyst David Gergen called the “’worst 100 days we’ve ever seen.”

Think about it. (Most likely, you won't).

You're crying, as usual, about how Trump is being treated unfairly. Yet, in the same research, it is indicated that Muslims have been treated much worse by the media.

[LukeLissen]

It's the biggest national security threat and an imminent threat to our democracy.


They ALL need to be shut down ... and most of the federal gov needs to be fully 'reset' ... and special interest groups, PAC's, and so-called NGO's run out of town and kept out. Except for the NRA. They can stay.


Call in the military to get rid of these threats.

[LukeLissen]

It's almost like Obamas presidency didn't just swing from one self inflicted wound to the next.

OMFG are you kidding me!? There were non-stop 'wounds' except the media, instead of covering them negatively, tried its dardest to cover them in the best light it could. Obama harmed our country greatly at home and abroad.

















































Not to mention turning Iraq and Afghanistan from successes into disasters, and creating enormous tragedy and fiasco and greatly harming America's image by the disasters he created in Libya and Syria and Ukraine.

[BullittEV]

It's the biggest national security threat and an imminent threat to our democracy.


They ALL need to be shut down ... and most of the federal gov needs to be fully 'reset' ... and special interest groups, PAC's, and so-called NGO's run out of town and kept out. Except for the NRA. They can stay.


Call in the military to get rid of these threats.

wouldn't call in the military- i will always consider the left Americans (even though they might not do the same for the right), but the media has created their own sinkhole. Constantly making up/skewing news for whoever pays them the most or a political agenda of their own and violating what journalism is. Now the only way to come back from this is using sources that are supposed to stay anonymous due to the trust we give the press. They have violated this on their own volition and want to keep playing by the same rules.

It's like a child misbehaving and the parents not doing chit so he keeps acting out. I'm glad my dad raised me like a man and not some ******* liberal. srs.

[recedingjaw]

Here's the study:
https://shorensteincenter.org/news-c...first-100-days

Here's an important section that you probably didn't read. In fact, I assume, most of you didn't bother to read the actual research.



Think about it. (Most likely, you won't).

You're crying, as usual, about how Trump is being treated unfairly. Yet, in the same research, it is indicated that Muslims have been treated much worse by the media.

Ok? Doesn't change the fact about the media being heavily biased against Trump.

[PSToolman]

Findings include:

President Trump dominated media coverage in the outlets and programs analyzed, with Trump being the topic of 41 percent of all news stories—three times the amount of coverage received by previous presidents. He was also the featured speaker in nearly two-thirds of his coverage.

Republican voices accounted for 80 percent of what newsmakers said about the Trump presidency, compared to only 6 percent for Democrats and 3 percent for those involved in anti-Trump protests.

European reporters were more likely than American journalists to directly question Trump’s fitness for office.

Trump has received unsparing coverage for most weeks of his presidency, without a single major topic where Trump’s coverage, on balance, was more positive than negative, setting a new standard for unfavorable press coverage of a president.

Fox was the only news outlet in the study that came close to giving Trump positive coverage overall, however, there was variation in the tone of Fox’s coverage depending on the topic.

I suggest that two reasons in particular account for the coverage. One is that there are simply more negative stories on which to report than positive ones. The other is the press has been particularly tenacious because of Trump's attacks on them.

[GaloisTheory]

Lmao at the retarded Trumper logic ITT (big surprise).

Why isn't muh wildly unpopular president leading a trainwreck of a presidency getting undeservedly positive coverage!!??

[MojoTheMonkey]

This might be difficult for Trumpers to understand, but negative coverage isn't proof of bias.

The fact you constantly do stupid things and the media reports on it does not make the media biased against you.

You can cover events without the hyperbolic adjectives and tone that the MSM does. This is what the study is pointing out. They are injecting their own framing through style that is not related to the events themselves.

I know this might be difficult for Libtards to understand.

[notorius1]

Ok? Doesn't change the fact about the media being heavily biased against Trump.

Stop being a little twat and realize trump deserves all of negative attention he has received. Was it the media that forces to erroneously claim that he had the largest EC win ever?

[SillieBazzillie]

Trump' s presidency has been one non stop **** show of self inflicted disaster. Freaking GWB laughs at Trump. Please stop comparing normal people to the idiot that currently sits in the OO. Handing out electoral victory maps? Hired Flynn? Grab em by the pussy? Largest inauguration crowd? Spicer? Those are but a few examples of his idiocy. Trumpers you're embarrassing yourselves more than normal.

[wesleysh21]

where was this when Obama was in office??

It was on Fox News. What's funny is how many people on the left think Obama's presidency was all peaches and cream because of the BS lies the leftwing media told them. I don't think it was as bad as Fox painted it, but its alarming how blind people were to what was really going on.

Maybe they're counting when CNN does those round table discussions and they have 10 anti-Trump people on the panel including the host and 1 Trump supporter

I honestly didn't think about that. You are right, that has to be it. I only thought about positive words coming out of the hosts mouth or any regular leftwing guest or contributor. The only positive words I've heard from those people towards Trump were on inauguration day and the day after the Syrian missile strike.

[Jrd86]

So when you say and do stupid, unlikable things, the media will cover you negatively? I'm shocked by this.

Fake news stories like comeys memos and pissgate, and numerous leaks that undermine our democracy and a dually elected president, is outside of the norms.

Besides that...The media should cover the news and leave bias aside. Its not up for the media to tell ppl what they should think. Its up for the viewer to make their own decision. In a perfecy world, thats how it would be.

What we have now is a media activily campaigning with the opposistion party. This shows where the special interests are. And they could give a rats ass less about the average american.

[BullittEV]

Lmao at the retarded Trumper logic ITT (big surprise).

Why isn't muh wildly unpopular president leading a trainwreck of a presidency getting undeservedly positive coverage!!??

Okay, so if I show you actual fake news from left wing organizations will you stop posting?

That's what I thought. CNN openly admits they colluded with hillary/DNC to try and get her elected, lmfao. Get a grip on what's happening and stop coping and grasping to anything you can grab on to because you don't want to admit anything positive towards the Trump administration. srs bro.

[TommyTuffGuy]

So when you say and do stupid, unlikable things, the media will cover you negatively? I'm shocked by this.

This is great.

It's not the media's job to report in a slanted tone to persuade the viewer whatever Trump is doing/speaking of is "wrong" (in their opinion).

Their job is to report the news. lol. You guys show your hand too often. You need to be more coy and slick.

[PSToolman]

You can cover events without the hyperbolic adjectives and tone that the MSM does. This is what the study is pointing out. They are injecting their own framing through style that is not related to the events themselves.

I know this might be difficult for Libtards to understand.

I like the way you demonstrate your point there.