Major Network Trump Coverage 92% Negative In First 100 Days

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Trump fared better than a few associated with his administration, however.
40% : "MRC analysts tallied 1,841 explicitly evaluative statements about President Trump and his Trump administration, of which 1,698 (92.2%) were negative vs. a mere 143 (7.8%) which were positive," the report stated, noting that the data were pulled from some 899 stories about President Trump or his administration that aired during evening news broadcasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC between January 20 and April 9.
38% : Major story topics included tariffs (361 minutes of coverage), the Department Of Government Efficiency (310 minutes) and illegal immigration (233 minutes) -- and all showcased networks that stood in opposition to Trump's positions and policies on those issues.
26% : This is the same rubric by which MRC graded the bias of networks covering former President Joe Biden in 2021 and of networks covering Trump during his first term in 2017 -- and based on the data, Trump's coverage has been even more negative during his second term than it was during his first.
14% : Another change of note was the focus on policies rather than Trump's personality, which drove the 89% negative coverage Trump received in 2017.
11% : The data also pointed to a disparity between the way the public views President Trump and his policies -- particularly with regard to illegal immigration, where recent polling indicates the majority of Americans largely favor Trump's deportation plan.

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