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Based on how they\u2019ve reported on the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, the US mainstream media appears to be biased as hell against the POTUS.\u00a0 The US media has consistently used far more negative “spin” regarding his Administration than was the case with any of his 3 immediate predecessors during their first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been normal over the past 25 years for a new POTUS to get somewhat<\/i> more negative coverage than positive during his first 100 days.\u00a0 (The SCoaMF that occupied 1600 Penn Ave, Wash DC, before Trump was an exception to this rule.)\u00a0 However, the degree of unfavorable \u201cspin\u201d being according President Trump is exceptional – and possibly unprecedented.<\/p>\n
Even more revealing are the actual \u201csplits\u201d for the seven US mainstream media outlets studied:<\/p>\n
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- CNN and NBC \u2013 93%<\/strong><\/em> negative coverage, 7% positive<\/li>\n
- CBS \u2013 91%<\/strong><\/em> negative coverage, 9% positive<\/li>\n
- New York Times \u2013 87%<\/strong><\/em> negative, 13% positive<\/li>\n
- Washington Post \u2013 83%<\/strong><\/em> negative, 17% positive<\/li>\n
- Wall Street Journal \u2013 70%<\/strong><\/em> negative, 30% positive<\/li>\n
- Fox \u2013 52%<\/strong><\/em> negative, 48% positive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In fact, four of the US mainstream media organizations studied – CNN, NBC, CBS, and the NYT – were each more negatively biased against President Trump<\/em> than 2 of the 3 foreign mainstream media organizations included in the study.\u00a0 Since Trump has a clear “America first” public persona, one would expect US media organizations to be more favorable towards him than the European ones.\u00a0 That’s not the case at all.<\/p>\n
Two things stand out when looking at those “splits”. First, based on the study’s results Fox may well be quite accurate in its \u201cFair and Balanced\u201d claim.\u00a0 They\u2019re the only<\/span> mainstream media outlet, US or foreign, of the 10 studied to treat President Trump anywhere near evenhandedly during his first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n
And second: if there\u2019s any \u201cvast conspiracy\u201d in the mainstream media, that conspiracy sure as hell isn\u2019t<\/span> some kind of \u201cvast right-wing<\/em> conspiracy\u201d. If anything, the media is skewing even more to the \u201chard left\u201d today than usual.<\/p>\n
No, the mainstream media doesn\u2019t control the facts behind events they report.\u00a0 (Well, unless they engage in outright MSU \u2013AKA “Making Sh!t Up”, or creating false or misleading news \u2013 though the mainstream media indeed seems to do exactly that as well on occasion.)\u00a0 However, they do control what facts they choose to report and omit<\/span>, along with how those facts are presented – AKA “spun”<\/span>.\u00a0 And based the media “spin” found by the Harvard study group, the degree of negative bias shown by most of the mainstream media against the Trump Administration during its first 100 days is shocking.<\/p>\n
Indeed, it almost appears as if the news media is actively trying to overturn the recent US Presidential election.\u00a0 I guess they must only believe in our Constitution and our form of representative democracy when their<\/span> preferred candidate wins.<\/p>\n
Then again, the US mainstream media has been overwhelmingly politically liberal since at least the Eisenhower administration (and almost certainly well before then). Given that fact, the media regarding themselves as our \u201cbetters\u201d – as well as them believing that “the media knows what is best for the country; the public should just ‘shut up and color’ and take our word for it\u201d – should be no great surprise.<\/p>\n
The Heatstreet<\/i> article linked above is IMO worth a read. An online copy of at least a short form of the actual study appears to be available here<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n
Trump certainly has his flaws.\u00a0 But based on this Harvard study’s results, falsely accusing the media of being “out to get him” doesn’t seem to be one of them.\u00a0 That accusation certainly appears to have a basis in fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
- CBS \u2013 91%<\/strong><\/em> negative coverage, 9% positive<\/li>\n