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Mike Ciandella

Research Analyst
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Mike Ciandella was a research analyst for the MRC's News Analysis Division, and managed the MRC's Bias by the Minute project (BBTM). Bias by the Minute is an extensive database of evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS and NBC, stretching back to January 2015. By utilizing this database, Ciandella and other MRC analysts were able to release detailed studies on network media coverage. On top of this, BBTM also published studies looking at cable news coverage, timing out the coverage of various topics to the second. 

You can check out the full archive of Bias by the Minutes stories here: http://newsbusters.org/administrative/bias-minute


Latest Blogs

Bias by the Minute: Tallying the Network News Agenda in 2015

Mike Ciandella and Rich Noyes
January 14th, 2016 1:36 PM
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ABC: GOP Like 'Annoying, Jealous Boyfriend' for Wanting Hillary Emails

Mike Ciandella
December 23rd, 2015 1:31 PM

Networks Spend 105 Minutes in 2 Days Bashing Trump Comments

Mike Ciandella
December 9th, 2015 3:45 PM

Week in TV News Typos: Candidate Confusion and a 161-Year-Old Iraqi

Mike Ciandella
November 5th, 2015 11:47 AM

World Series Loses to Women's World Cup in Network Nightly News

Mike Ciandella
November 3rd, 2015 12:25 PM

It’s a Miracle! Pope Gets Eight Times Network Coverage of Trump

Mike Ciandella
September 25th, 2015 11:31 AM

CNN Spends 78 Percent of GOP Campaign Coverage on Trump

Mike Ciandella
September 16th, 2015 9:56 AM
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ABC: Threat to Sharks by Girl in Bikini Trumps PP Scandal

Mike Ciandella
July 23rd, 2015 3:23 PM

Networks Give 2X More Coverage to Confederate Flag Than ISIS Recruits

Mike Ciandella
July 4th, 2015 10:00 AM

June 2015: Gay Marriage Decision Dominates Net Coverage

Mike Ciandella
July 3rd, 2015 10:04 AM

Nets Covered Candidate Obama's 2008 Europe Trip 13X More Than Jeb’s

Mike Ciandella
June 15th, 2015 5:19 PM

Obsessed With Police Misconduct: Top Network Story for Another Month

Mike Ciandella
June 8th, 2015 10:46 AM

Chris Christie Spanks News Media for Scandal Double-Standard

Mike Ciandella
May 21st, 2015 11:32 AM

Network News: Cop Misdeeds Get Six Times More Time Than ISIS Terror

Mike Ciandella
May 7th, 2015 3:39 PM

Climate Hypocrites and the Media That Love Them

Mike Ciandella
May 5th, 2015 9:45 AM

Oops: CBS Evening News Flunks Basic Science

Mike Ciandella
April 7th, 2015 1:41 PM

Soros Spends More Than $9 Million to Form New Political Money Machine

Mike Ciandella
March 24th, 2015 12:25 PM

$15.4 Million from Soros Funds Outlets Attacking O’Reilly

Mike Ciandella
March 2nd, 2015 10:50 AM

Hollywood Millionaire Demands Equal Pay at Oscars

Business
Mike Ciandella
February 23rd, 2015 10:33 AM

Soros Gave $10 Million to Group Slamming Conservative ‘Islamophobia’

Mike Ciandella
February 17th, 2015 12:20 PM