Headline:
The Mar-a-Lago raid got some coverage on cable … But not as much as the discoveries of Biden's papers
Detail:
But the coverage gap is due to one channel in particular. CNN has covered the stories the most equally…
But Fox News has covered Biden's scandal way more than it covered Trump's
FiveThirtyEight has arguments for why the two stories aren't worthy of equal coverage. Let's pretend the two stories have equal “controversy” which is easiest to test around each story's peak coverage. How partisan is each network?
Story | Trump (R) | Biden (D) | Bias |
---|---|---|---|
Date of Peak | 12 Aug 2022 | 12 Jan 2023 | |
Segments | |||
CNN | 275 | 276 | 0.3 % D |
MSNBC | 389 | 237 | 39.1 % D |
FOX | 163 | 407 | 60.0 % R |
Total | 827 | 1072 | 22.9 % R |
Bias is calculated as:
when R > D then `+ ${1-(R/D)*100}` % R else `+ ${1-(D/R)*100}` % D
I have no clue if this is a "fair" way to do it.