STUDY: 89 Percent Of SNL's Fall Campaign Jokes Targeted Trump
During its five shows during the fall presidential campaign from September 28 through November 2, a Media Research Center study found that NBC’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che told a total of 38 jokes about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Of these, 34, or 89 percent, were about Trump.
Google’s Election Meddling Wasn’t Enough to Stop Trump’s Second Term
From suppressing right-leaning media in searches for Trump for six straight weeks to suppressing Trump’s website prior to every presidential debate and during the Republican National Convention, Google appeared to try its hardest to hinder candidates whose names were not President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris. On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump showed that although election-…
It’s Official: 2024 Campaign News Coverage Was the Worst Ever!
It’s finally over, and the 2024 presidential campaign made history in at least one ignominious respect: Broadcast evening news coverage of the candidates was the most wildly imbalanced in history, favoring Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris over former Republican President Donald Trump by the greatest margin ever recorded.
No Laughing Matter: 98% of ‘Comedy’ Show Campaign Jokes Target Trump
During the fall presidential campaign, a Media Research Center study found that hosts of the late-night "comedy" shows told a total of 1,463 jokes about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris -- but 1,428 of them were about Trump, and only 35 were about Harris. That's a whopping 40:1 ratio or almost 98 percent to 2 percent.
TV Hits Trump With 85% Negative News vs. 78% Positive Press for Harris
One week before Election Day, a new analysis from the Media Research Center finds that broadcast evening news coverage of the 2024 presidential race has been the most lopsided in history.
Google Engulfs Search with 9x More Leftist News Outlets Over Four Days
This week, MRC researchers conducted the same searches for “donald trump presidential race 2024” and “kamala harris presidential race 2024” every day for four days starting Sept. 30. Google continued to flood its search results with articles from leftist media outlets and videos above former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign websites. Altogether, Google…
Google Shows 100% Leftist Media in Search for Vance Day After Debate
An MRC Free Speech America study reveals that Google News promotes left-leaning news outlets when searching for political figures like J.D. Vance and Tim Walz, raising concerns about media bias and freedom of speech. The research shows that searches for these names yielded results almost exclusively from leftist sources, such as The New York Times and CNN, while conservative outlets like Fox…
Guess How Deep in Search Google Buried ‘Lean Right’ News on Election
Google is at it again, forcing users to dig through 13 pages of search results before finally finding a story by Fox News in one search, and 14 pages before finding a story by the New York Post in another. These two results were the first U.S.-based right-of-center publications in two separate searches using the leftist search platform. Is Google living up to former President Donald…
STUDY: VP Debate Host CBS Is Wildly Slanted In Favor of Harris-Walz
Our analysis of CBS’s evening news campaign coverage suggests tomorrow’s vice presidential debate will likely be a friendly venue for the Democrat Tim Walz, and far more hostile to Republican JD Vance.
STUDY: ABC, CNN Keep Reminding Viewers About ‘Bounty’ on Trump’s Head
Over the last 48 hours, ABC and CNN have repeatedly hyped a supposed six-figure bounty on former President Trump’s head. While even the vehemently anti-Trump MSNBC avoided sharing specifics about the bounty so as not “to encourage any sort of potential violence,” ABC and CNN apparently held no such reservations, eagerly mentioning it a combined 21 times in just two days.
Guess What You Get When Googling ‘Donald Trump Presidential Race 2024’
Researchers from MRC Free Speech America found that Google elevated left-leaning news sources in search results for "donald trump presidential race 2024" and "kamala harris presidential race 2024." Before finding either candidate's news site a must wade through leftist news sources but not a single right-wing source. This skewed positioning, which downplays the prominence of top right-wing…
The View Piles on With 100% Negative on Trump Post-2nd Attempt on Life
Often forgotten as a program under the ABC News umbrella, The View is the highest-rated daytime talk show in America and known for making headlines for the ridiculous things their co-hosts espouse, particularly their strong hatred of former President Trump. But even the second assassination attempt against the former President wasn’t enough to loosen their deep-seated animus, as a new…
Despite Shooting, ABC, CBS and NBC Blast Trump with 95% Bad Press
Not even Sunday’s close call with a would-be assassin could interrupt the liberal TV networks’ barrage of bad press against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
100%! ABC Anchor David Muir Hosts Most Pro-Harris, Left-Wing Newscast
A new study by the Media Research Center finds that, of the Big Three evening newscasts, ABC’s World News Tonight has been the most positive towards Vice President Kamala Harris and the most hostile to former President Donald Trump.
