Author: Kalev Leetaru
Obama's Second Term Was Decade-Long Low For TV News Mentions Of "Non-Partisan"
The timeline below shows the total percentage of monthly airtime across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News (using a 4-month rolling average to…
CNN's Fact Checker Daniel Dale Has Largely Disappeared From Its Coverage Since The Election
Mediaite recently suggested that CNN had dramatically reduced the airtime devoted to its resident fact checker Daniel Dale since the 2020 election….
Video: Fox News Leads With Imagery Of Police In 2020
The timeline below shows the total daily seconds of airtime (using a 7-day rolling average) that depicted police or military personnel somewhere…
CNN Has Covered The UK Covid-19 Variant More Than 4x MSNBC And Fox News Combined With 3x The Number Of Interviewed Doctors
The analysis and report below was compiled by the Media-Data Research Consortium (M-DRC) leveraging the television news annotation dataset created…
Video: Comparing CNN, MSNBC And Fox News Coverage Of "Police" And "Death"
Television news covered slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick very differently, with CNN and MSNBC emphasizing spoken word mentions of his name…
New Zealand Statistics Bureau: Covid-19 Economic Sentiment
The New Zealand Statistics Bureau has an experimental economic sentiment indicator as part of its Covid-19 dashboards. Learn More.
Video: How The Pandemic Made The Rest Of The World Fade On Television News
Television news programming in the US has long relied on Google Earth to show viewers where a particular location is…
Visual Global Knowledge Graph (VGKG) Reaches 626 Million Images
The Visual Global Knowledge Graph (VGKG), running December 2015 through present, has reached 626 million images from worldwide news coverage!…
Global Quotation Graph Reaches 170 Million Quoted Statements
The Global Quotation Graph, running January 1, 2020 through present, has reached 170 million extracted quotes from worldwide news coverage! Learn…
BBC & CNN Lead The Way In Television News Coverage Of Covid-19 Variants While Fox Gives Them Much Less Airtime
New mutant Covid-19 strains have garnered increasing attention from public health officials over concerns they may be more infectious and…
WashPost: The Former President (Yes, That One) Still Gobbles Up A Lot Of Attention
The Washington Post's Philip Bump chronicles how much media attention Trump still commands out of office. Read The Full Article.
Video: Online News Coverage Of "Herd Immunity" Continues At December Rate
Mentions of "herd immunity" in online news coverage first appeared in significant numbers starting March 13, 2020, ramped down over May 2020…
Macroeconomic Forecasting Through News, Emotions And Narrative
This fascinating paper by Sonja Tilly, Markus Ebner and Giacomo Livan leverages sentiment analysis of GDELT for forecasting: This study…
Video: "Immunity Passports" Fade From The News
So-called "immunity passports" were once touted as the way out of the Covid-19 pandemic, in which once someone had been…
Video: Texas Freeze Gets Fraction Of Hurricane Harvey Coverage And Fox Mentions Less Than CNN Or MSNBC
The timeline below shows the total monthly mentions of Texas across television news over the past decade, showing that the massive storm…
Finding Good News In The Midst Of The Pandemic Using Tone Filtering
In the midst of a global pandemic it can seem that every other news headline is about something negative. How…
Video: Indian Glacier Flood Receives Little Airtime On American Television News
The graph below shows the percentage of airtime across a set of US and international television news stations that mentioned the Indian glacier…
Covid-19 Aerosolization Receives Little Television News Coverage
The chart below shows the total number of mentions of aerosolization across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News since the start of last…
Video: Cruz Cancun Trip Gets Far Less Coverage On Fox News Than CNN Or MSNBC
The timeline below shows the total mentions of Ted Cruz across television news surrounding his trip to Cancun. MSNBC mentioned him the…
Television News Is Talking About The Minimum Wage Again For The First Time Since 2014
The timeline below shows the total number of daily mentions of the minimum wage across television news over the past decade, showing…
Video: Fox News Mentions Jen Psaki More Than CNN And MSNBC Combined
The graph below shows how many times White House press secretary Jen Psaki has been mentioned across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News…
Fox News Leads TJ Ducklo Coverage While MSNBC Doesn't Mention It At All
The timeline below shows the total daily mentions of former White House Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo on television news, showing that Fox News…
Cruz Cancun Trip Gets Far Less Coverage On Fox News Than CNN Or MSNBC
The timeline below shows the total mentions of Ted Cruz across television news surrounding his trip to Cancun. MSNBC mentioned him the…
Texas Freeze Receives Little National TV News Attention And Fox Mentions Far Less Than CNN Or MSNBC
The timeline below shows the total monthly mentions of Texas across television news over the past decade, showing that the massive storm…