ABC’s “World News Tonight,” “NBC Nightly News” and CBS’ “Evening News”' largely gave President Biden a pass during recent inflation coverage, according to Media Research Center.
examined ABC, CBS and NBC evening news coverage of inflation from May 1, 2022 through January 31, 2023, including weekends. The period included alarming inflation numbers along with gasoline prices reaching unprecedented highs but little discussion of Biden or Democratic economic policies possibly contributing.
President Biden was given a pass during nearly 84% of ABC’s"World News Tonight,""NBC Nightly News" and CBS’"Evening News" coverage of recent inflation and economic woes, according to the Media Research Center. Noyes found that out of 542 minutes documented, nearly 454 of the minutes spent covering the distress of American consumers omitted any reference to the"So while there was a lot of coverage of consumers being harmed by inflation, there was far less scrutiny of the leaders responsible for it," he wrote.
The MRC also found that of the 88 minutes ABC, NBC and CBS focused on Biden and his administration, 52 were dedicated to depicting Biden as working to solve the issues.
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