2.3 "Media Coverage of Trump"

1. What three observations did the study find about media outlets with a right leaning audience?
            Right-leaning news outlets had more positive views about Trump, cited fewer sources in their reports, and had reporters who rarely challenged what Trump said.
2. How did right leaning media outlets and left leaning media outlets use sources differently?
            Right-leaning news outlets were less likely to have multiple forms of sources, often included sources like Trump and his administration, and were less likely to include both a Democratic and Republican source.
3. How much more likely were left leaning outlets to include negative coverage of Trump?
            They were 69% more likely to include negative coverage of Trump.
4. How often did left leaning and right leaning outlets refute something said by Trump?
            The left leaning did 15% of the time and the right leaning 2% of the time.
5. What five topics accounted for most of the media coverage about Trump?
            Trump's political skills, immigration, US-Russia relations, healthcare, and presidential nominations were the five topics.
6. Are journalists more likely to cover the president's character or his policies? Why do you think this is?
            Journalist structured their reports more around his character, being that is quite abnormal and eccentric in terms of personality for a president.
7. Who were the most common sources quoted in coverage of the administration?
            The president and the members of his administration were quoted the most.
8. What was the relationship between the number of sources quoted and the evaluation of Trump?
            The lesser the number of quotes the greater the evaluation of Trump.
9. How often did the reporting use Twitter as a source?
            16% of stories reported contained a direct tweet from Trump.
10. How has coverage of Trump been different than other recent presidents?

            Overall, coverage was less policy based and far more negative.

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