How have Covid-19 lockdowns been covered on television news? The timeline below shows total daily mentions of the words "lockdown" and "lockdowns" across CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and BBC News London since the start of the pandemic, showing a surge in mentions from mid-March 2020 that faded in June 2020, with mentions dropping sharply from April of this year. Overall, BBC News has mentioned lockdowns far more than its American peers.