THE DIFFERENCES IN HOW CNN MSNBC & FOX COVER THE NEWS

[RavenSky]

Nothing very surprising, but interesting nonetheless

The investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia has been a major news item since the 2016 election, but the bulk of its cable coverage has come from MSNBC.

Though Hillary Clinton has made few public appearances following the 2016 election, she, her family, and events related to her campaign have still been a big news item on Fox.

Though all three networks covered the NFL protests, Fox focused slightly more on Colin Kaepernick and the word “anthem.”

Colin Kaepernick began kneeling for the national anthem in 2016, but coverage picked up in early September, when Trump tweeted about the protest. Coverage of the protests quickly tapered off for all of the networks except one. Fox kept it in the news through November.

That means even weeks after the national anthem protests had faded from the screens and papers of most American news consumers, Fox viewers were still being reminded of them on a daily basis.

In covering guns, Fox’s chyrons focus overwhelming on gun control, whereas the topics on MSNBC and CNN were more varied.

https://pudding.cool/2018/01/chyrons/

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

I have noticed strong bias against Trump by CNN, almost to the extreme of Fox News against Democrats.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I have noticed strong bias against Trump by CNN, almost to the extreme of Fox News against Democrats.

What is the bias which CNN has against him, aside from pointing out how all his lies are lies and pretending that his words matter?

 

[Valjean]

But which "bias" is better founded?

 

[ronburgundy]

I have noticed strong bias against Trump by CNN, almost to the extreme of Fox News against Democrats.

Simply reporting Trump's own words without anything additional would still give the appearance of anti-Trump "bias", because his own words inherently say to any rational listener "I am a dangerously stupid, mentally unstable immoral bigot."

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I have noticed strong bias against Trump by CNN, almost to the extreme of Fox News against Democrats.

Simply reporting Trump's own words without anything additional would still give the appearance of anti-Trump "bias", because his own words inherently say to any rational listener "I am a dangerously stupid, mentally unstable immoral bigot."

Exactly. A bias doesn't mean being anti-Trump. A bias means being unfairly anti-Trump. He's actually a racist. He's actually incompetent. He's actually unstable. He's actually a liar.

Reporting truths which happen to be negative doesn't constitute a bias in reporting.

 

[bilby]

There is, however, no truth in the rumours that Trump has ordered the Pentagon to develop a Battlestar in order to defeat the Chyrons.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

There is, however, no truth in the rumours that Trump has ordered the Pentagon to develop a Battlestar in order to defeat the Chyrons.

But if he did give that order, exactly how surprised would you be?

 

[bilby]

There is, however, no truth in the rumours that Trump has ordered the Pentagon to develop a Battlestar in order to defeat the Chyrons.

But if he did give that order, exactly how surprised would you be?

On a scale from 1-10, not in the slightest.