NEW STUDY: Broadcast, cable, and print outlets have given Donald Trump calling his enemies "vermin" a tiny fraction of the coverage they gave Hillary Clinton's 2016 remark calling some Trump supporters "deplorables" www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump... - ThreadSky

mattgertz.bsky.social • 461 days ago

NEW STUDY: Broadcast, cable, and print outlets have given Donald Trump calling his enemies "vermin" a tiny fraction of the coverage they gave Hillary Clinton's 2016 remark calling some Trump supporters "deplorables" https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/major-news-outlets-gave-much-less-coverage-trumps-vermin-attack-then-they-did-clintons

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publiusmaximus.bsky.social•460 days ago

You see: Clinton was saying that white supremacists were bad. That's worth being upset about.

Whereas Trump is talking about overturning democracy with violence. That's no big deal.

gregorydoodles.bsky.social•461 days ago

🤔

blakeyrat.bsky.social•461 days ago

Am I misreading it or is the third bulletpoint in that image saying the opposite of what the bar chart further down says?

norcaldawg.bsky.social•461 days ago

Yeah, felt like I was on crazy pills. I’m seeing exactly what you are.

blakeyrat.bsky.social•461 days ago

Glad I'm not the only one. I hope we get a corrected version so I can share it without confusing the bejeezus out of followers...

jccbjfan.bsky.social•460 days ago

Don't give him anything, just straight up ignore him. Everyone is just giving him free air time and they need to stop

cullenhendrix.bsky.social•461 days ago

The fundamental challenge with Trump: this is so on-brand for him that it barely qualifies as news to his supporters or detractors. He plays by different rules - which is both unfair and a reality anyone running against him has to confront.

papadontpreach.bsky.social•460 days ago

Media 2015-2020 “we can’t normalize Trump. Media since “eh, abusive husband beating wife again is not news”

blucowdawg.bsky.social•461 days ago

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faidutti.com•461 days ago

That's because it's not even a surprise, and so much in character.

chrisanders74.bsky.social•461 days ago

I think it's interesting but there's too many variables to draw accurate comparisons. Would coverage be this skewed if both incidents had happened at the same time? Or at least the same comparable time frame of an election cycle?

kytyn.bsky.social•460 days ago

Exactly my thought. One happened about 1.5 months before the election. The other a full year out.
But yeah, the GOP sure does love to whine about biased media when it suits them.

mattgertz.bsky.social•461 days ago

ABC/CBS/NBC news programs provided *18 times* more coverage of "deplorables" than "vermin"

fiercelady.bsky.social•460 days ago

It’s what makes news.

chromaticchameleon.bsky.social•460 days ago

if you're looking for accountability you are going to die a slow long death

mattgertz.bsky.social•461 days ago

CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC mentioned Clinton’s “deplorables” comment nearly 9 times more than Trump’s “vermin” comment.

mattgertz.bsky.social•461 days ago

Print reports that mentioned Trump’s statement outnumbered those that mentioned Clinton’s 29-to-1 across the five highest-circulating U.S. newspapers.

clflngthjnshrts.bsky.social•459 days ago

remember when we had to care about what Jim Comey thought?

mattgertz.bsky.social•461 days ago

Coverage decisions like these provide insight into which stories the editors, producers, and reporters at major news outlets are prioritizing and shape the political landscape during presidential election cycles.

karmasdad.bsky.social•461 days ago

The owners and publishers of corporate media (print and TV) like Republicans and want them to win because tax cuts matter more to them than American democracy does.

mattgertz.bsky.social•461 days ago

The right-wing grievance machine seized on Clinton’s comments, whipping up a pseudo scandal and feigning offense. Major national news outlets responded by rewarding the right for its disingenuous act, showering Clinton’s “deplorables” remark with coverage.

bjxmas.bsky.social•460 days ago

Feigning offense is right. The trumper I knew said he was proud to be a “deplorable”. Good Christian man! 🙄😒

mattgertz.bsky.social•461 days ago

By contrast, the same outlets largely ignored Trump’s description of his political enemies as “vermin,” continuing a pattern of relatively muted coverage of Trump’s abhorrent and incoherent commentary.

gritnglitter.bsky.social•461 days ago

raptorizedira.bsky.social•461 days ago

Please accept this post as my endorsement of your reply.

bluememe.bsky.social•461 days ago

Even the “liberal” MSNBC?

jmackin2.bsky.social•460 days ago

Dog bites man... who was surprised that a former prez famous for intemperate comments said this? Whereas a polite former first lady dissing voters was a big deal.

kablamo.bsky.social•461 days ago

It’ll say Trump saying “camps” out loud for coverage to change, and then the coverage from them will be “what does he MEAN when he says camps” and “what we need to focus on is the trump voters who want him but don’t want camps”

publiusmaximus.bsky.social•460 days ago

"do Americans support camping?"

thekohler.bsky.social•460 days ago

And, to remind everyone, the deplorables comment was her claiming that, while SOME of Trump's supporters are awful, most were just people who were economically anxious or held honest differences of opinion, etc. It was the opposite of Trump's comment.

docjoe1986.bsky.social•460 days ago

They think “oh you know trump. He says the darndest things!”

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•461 days ago

The big, lib, MSM is at it again

norbizness.bsky.social•461 days ago

Well, to be fair, they want him to be viable and didn't want her to win.

cascalheira.bsky.social•460 days ago

Trump insulting someone, unfortunately is not news anymore. Pretty much the old story: A dog bites a man, it’s normal and not news worthy, a man biting a dog would be newsworthy.

debbshock.com•461 days ago

and that's funny, because they really are deplorables

tsyndrome.bsky.social•459 days ago

Trump's epithets were non-specific, while Hillary targeted Trump supporters. He plays the better media game. Republicans are still vermin, though.

alikat747.bsky.social•461 days ago

Because media is complicit.

davehuntsman.bsky.social•460 days ago

On brief glance, I don’t see PBS NewsHour - which should be the gold standard in TV news- mentioned; but I sadly recall them being led around by the nose as well- and to this day, they’ve never done a reassessment, or admitted it; & they still both-sides things way too much.

tammy60.bsky.social•461 days ago

they're doing it again--i think we need to face some truth about "main stream media":

they WANT him elected again, because he IS good for their business...these companies that dominate the "news" are not champions of our country and it's flagging democracy

stop watching these company broadcasts

sporkyreeve.bsky.social•461 days ago

This is especially galling because the actual context of "deplorables" was her urging an audience of snooty liberals to have *empathy* for Trump supporters. Her point was that they're not all bad! But it got covered as exactly the opposite.

I know it's been years but I'm going to die on this hill.

papadontpreach.bsky.social•460 days ago

Wasn’t it in closed door fundraiser?

sporkyreeve.bsky.social•460 days ago

I believe something like that, yes.

papadontpreach.bsky.social•460 days ago

Thanks. He is openly campaigning on eradication of xyz, yet collective shrug is all we get. And she did say half. I am not a Marxist or communist, just a common vermin.

bagelche.bsky.social•461 days ago

Surely it’s because they learned their lesson.

mesarthim.bsky.social•461 days ago

Yeah the lesson that they made bank under Trump

walks30.bsky.social•461 days ago

I wonder if it has anything to do with the “No Child Left Behind” kids becoming adults?

rockshrimp.bsky.social•461 days ago

The fun part is how defensive the legacy media is gonna be about this.

andibabe.bsky.social•461 days ago

"Clinton" and "Trump" are swapped in the text description of what the newspaper print chart shows.

drkevguitar.bsky.social•461 days ago

Misogyny is part of that.

thesporkmaster.bsky.social•460 days ago

Every trump follower is deplorable. I don't see why everyone had a such a problem when someone was speaking the truth...

rosnick.bsky.social•461 days ago

"The right-wing grievance machine seized on Clinton’s comments... whipping up a pseudo scandal"

Your article makes no mention of the Dems doing likewise. Is the media ignoring Dem machine efforts to make it a scandal? Or are the Dems not pushing as hard? (Genuine question)

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