How is the price of gasoline being covered on television news? The timeline below shows total mentions of gas prices across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News over the past decade, showing peaks in April 2011, March 2012 and a steady buildup from February 2021 through present. Yet, it also shows that mentions thus far this month remain just over half their March 2012 peak, when Washington, DC gas prices passed $4 a gallon.